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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#40 vs #44); Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is 2.4× cheaper per output token ($2.08/1M vs $5.00/1M); Qwen3.5-122B-A10B offers the longer context window (262K vs 200K tokens); and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 if…

  • Arena coding is your yardstick — 1479 against 1459.

Choose Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #40 against #44 (53.6 vs 52.3 points).
  • API cost matters — $2.08/1M output tokens against $5.00/1M, about 2.4× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.26/1M against $1.00/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 200K.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ships open weights while Claude Haiku 4.5 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 4.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.5-122B-A10B was listed 25 February 2026, Claude Haiku 4.5 15 October 2025.

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
FieldClaude Haiku 4.5AnthropicQwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen
ModelCap Index position#44#40
Index score52.353.6
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$1.00$0.26
Output price / 1M tokens$5.00$2.08
Context window200K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens64K262K
API providers listed45
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText, Image, Video
First listed15 October 202525 February 2026
PublisherAnthropicQwen

Evidence: 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Public benchmark boards where Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has a published result
BoardClaude Haiku 4.5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14791475–148414591452–1466Claude Haiku 4.5
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation4.0%Thinking—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—32.8intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: common questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 better than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #40 against #44. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 cheaper than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is cheaper on output tokens: $2.08/1M against $5.00/1M. Input tokens are $1.00/1M for Claude Haiku 4.5 and $0.26/1M for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 200K.

Which is better for coding, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Arena coding: Claude Haiku 4.5 1479, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 1459 — Claude Haiku 4.5 leads.

Are Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B open-weight models?

Claude Haiku 4.5: API only. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 5 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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