Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking is 13.2× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Opus 5 has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 131,072 tokens, 7.6×). Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking is open-weights; the other is not.
Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
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Claude Opus 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-opus-5
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinkingopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 93.4 | — |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $0.18 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $2.10 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 131,072 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 32,768 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | image, text |
| Output | text | text |