Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3 Max

Claude Haiku 4.5 versus Qwen3 Max specifications and price.
metric	Claude Haiku 4.5	Qwen3 Max
Input / 1M	$1.00	$0.78
Output / 1M	$5.00	$3.90
Context	200K	262K
Cost @ typical workload	$800/mo	$624/mo
Modality	text + image	Text only
Price source	list	routed
Provider	Anthropic	Qwen

Which should you pick?

On a typical workload, Qwen3 Max costs $624/mo against Claude Haiku 4.5's $800/mo — roughly 1.3× cheaper. But the ranking depends on your output-to-input ratio: output is the pricier direction for both, so an output-heavy job (code generation, long answers) widens the gap while an input-heavy one (summarization, retrieval) narrows it. If you need to fit more in a single prompt, Qwen3 Max has the larger 262K-token window (~393 pages). Only Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts image input — decisive if your prompts include images.

These are list and routed market prices, not measured outcomes. Two models at the same rate can still cost different amounts to finish the same task, because verbose or reasoning-heavy models emit more tokens. That gap is exactly what measured cost-per-task captures.

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3 Max cheaper?

For a typical workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens × 200,000 requests/month), Qwen3 Max costs $624/mo versus $800/mo for Claude Haiku 4.5 — about 1.3× less. Because output is priced higher than input, the winner can flip if your workload writes much more or less than this; check your own numbers in the calculator.

What's the main difference between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Max?

On price, Claude Haiku 4.5 is $1.00/$5.00 per 1M (in/out) and Qwen3 Max is $0.78/$3.90. Qwen3 Max has the larger context window at 262K tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 also accepts image input, while Qwen3 Max is text-only.

More comparisons

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Max — full specs and price history.
API cost calculator — compare on your own workload.
All comparisons — the full head-to-head index.