Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

$0.10 / $0.50

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Qwen3 235B A22B

Qwen (Alibaba)

$0.46 / $1.82

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Claude Haiku 5.5 is 4.0× cheaper than Qwen3 235B A22B on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (36.5 vs 9.5). Claude Haiku 5.5 has the larger context window (1M vs 131K).

	Claude Haiku 5.5	Qwen3 235B A22B
Input price / 1M	$0.10	$0.46
Output price / 1M	$0.50	$1.82
Blended price (3:1)	$0.20	$0.80
Cached input / 1M	$0.01	—
Context window	1M	131K
Max output	128K	8K
Intelligence index	36.5	9.5
Coding index	—	—
Providers	10	—
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	—
Vision input	Yes	No
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-10-07	2025-04-28
Retirement	—	2026-10-09

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 4.0× cheaper than Qwen3 235B A22B on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B: which has a bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5: 1,000,000 tokens. Qwen3 235B A22B: 131,072 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Claude Haiku 5.5 ≈ $450.00, Qwen3 235B A22B ≈ $1,820.

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