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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Claude Haiku 4.5 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#45 vs #63); Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is 4.5× cheaper per output token ($1.10/1M vs $5.00/1M); Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct offers the longer context window (262K vs 200K tokens); and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #45 against #63 (52.4 vs 42.7 points).
  • Arena coding is your yardstick — 1481 against 1445.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Claude Haiku 4.5 was listed 15 October 2025, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct 11 September 2025.

Choose Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct if…

  • API cost matters — $1.10/1M output tokens against $5.00/1M, about 4.5× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.10/1M against $1.00/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 200K.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct ships open weights while Claude Haiku 4.5 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 4.

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
FieldClaude Haiku 4.5AnthropicQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#45#63
Index score52.442.7
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$1.00$0.10
Output price / 1M tokens$5.00$1.10
Context window200K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens64K236K
API providers listed45
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText
First listed15 October 202511 September 2025
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 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct has a published result
BoardClaude Haiku 4.5Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14811476–148514451436–1454Claude Haiku 4.5
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation4.0%Thinking—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—13.8intelligence-indexOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—21.6%tau2-bench-telecomOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—7.6%humanitys-last-examOnly 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 Next 80B A3B Instruct: common questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 better than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 4.5 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #45 against #63. 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 Next 80B A3B Instruct?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens: $1.10/1M against $5.00/1M. Input tokens are $1.00/1M for Claude Haiku 4.5 and $0.10/1M for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. 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 Next 80B A3B Instruct?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 200K.

Which is better for coding, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?

Arena coding: Claude Haiku 4.5 1481, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct 1445 — Claude Haiku 4.5 leads.

Are Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct open-weight models?

Claude Haiku 4.5: API only. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: 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 Next 80B A3B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 5 for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct, 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 Next 80B A3B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 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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