Claude Opus 4.7 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Claude Opus 4.7 leads Qwen3.8 Max (0902) on coding, 67.5 to 62.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs 4.2x less per output token ($6.00 vs $25.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 81 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.8 Max (0902): which to pick
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 for coding: it scores 67.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 62.4 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902), though on 4 benchmarks against 5.
Pick Qwen3.8 Max (0902) for output tokens 4.2x cheaper ($6.00 vs $25.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($1.32 against $2.95).
- Shared results
- 81
- Claude Opus 4.7 only
- 22
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) only
- 32
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 scores 67.5 against 62.4.
4 and 5 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 45.4 against 40.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 56.0 against 38.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 93.7% against 90.2%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.7 has a AIME result, 96.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 leads, 89.9% against 88.6%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a Design Arena: websites result, 1275.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Claude Opus 4.7 $0.018, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Claude Opus 4.7 $2.95, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $1.32.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.7 67.5 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 62.4 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 8.4 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Code migration (Vals AI): Claude Opus 4.7 43.9% against Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 24.0%, 19.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.7 $25.00 against Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $6.00 per million output tokens, 4.2x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1M tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.7 | Bars | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 7 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 7 | ||
| Math | 1 | 5 | ||
| Knowledge | 8 | 3 | ||
| General | 27 | 3 | ||
| All shared boards | 48 | 32 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index57
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1558 | 1674 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| AA Coding Index | 73.6 | 76.2 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.1% | 87.8% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 82.0% | 85.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 34.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 71.0% | 64.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 43.9% | 24.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tie |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 68.5% | 67.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.5% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.8% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.6% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| FrontierCode | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| GSO-Bench | 44.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| WeirdML | 76.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| MirrorCode | 31.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1519 | 1502 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1516 | 1498 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1560 | 1692 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1554 | 1649 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1577 | 1637 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 40.7 | 45.4 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.8 | 157.4 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 38.6 | 56.0 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1300 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1305 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1224 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1196 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1234 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1233 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 967 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 69.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 32.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 42.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 51.5% | 50.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 23.7% | 32.1% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 38.5% | 47.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 63.7% | 60.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 88.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 49.2% | 63.3% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| PostTrainBench | 28.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $10,937 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Search | 1230 | 1261 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index57
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | 93.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 85.5% | 88.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.4% | 92.8% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 42.3% | 43.1% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.2% | 92.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| ARC-AGI | 93.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| SimpleBench | 61.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 41.0% | 46.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Mystery game puzzles | 28.0% | 38.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| EBR-bench | 19.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1506 | 1496 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1521 | 1507 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1508 | 1503 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1336 | 1323 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | 1336 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 96.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 97.8% | 100.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 70.2% | 74.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 31.7% | 46.3% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| ProofBench | 54.0% | 58.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: math | 1498 | 1501 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1509 | 1491 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index83
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.9% | 88.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 85.3% | 83.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 68.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.1% | 65.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 75.3% | 75.5% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 70.3% | 64.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 54.9% | 40.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 51.7% | 47.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1508 | 1512 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1495 | 1503 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1504 | 1492 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1490 | 1480 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1275 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1338 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1312 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1281 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1336 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1293 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1200 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 78.6% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index273
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 78.4% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 56.1% | 51.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.0% | 85.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 67.4% | 65.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| IFBench | 58.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.7% | 80.3% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| DTBench | 94.7% | 92.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMCA | 52.2% | 46.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Furniture assembly | 33.3% | 20.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| ExploitBench | 26.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1490 | 1483 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1498 | 1481 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1486 | 1477 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision | 1317 | 1313 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1496 | 1491 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1480 | 1473 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1531 | 1539 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: German | 1495 | 1478 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1474 | 1473 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1464 | 1460 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1503 | 1498 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1494 | 1489 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1494 | 1482 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1489 | 1471 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1505 | 1489 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1505 | 1488 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1492 | 1477 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1474 | 1464 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1322 | 1311 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1371 | 1358 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1327 | 1322 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1309 | 1304 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1278 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1326 | 1312 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Document | 1495 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 16, 2026 | September 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $25.00 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | 67.5 | 62.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.95 | $1.32 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.7 better than Qwen3.8 Max (0902) for coding?
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 for coding: it scores 67.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 62.4 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902), though on 4 benchmarks against 5. Pick Qwen3.8 Max (0902) for output tokens 4.2x cheaper ($6.00 vs $25.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($1.32 against $2.95).
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?
Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs $2.00 and $6.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Claude Opus 4.7 costs $2.95 and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $1.32.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?
Neither: both take 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.7 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902) comparison based on?
81 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.7's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.