Fast and efficient with near-frontier intelligence.
Flagship reasoning model for complex multi-step tasks.
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No captured outputs for these models yet.
Based on the Capability Index, Qwen3 Max Thinking scores higher (76.5 vs 75.3). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.
Qwen3 Max Thinking has a lower blended cost. Claude Haiku 4.5: $1.00 input / $5.00 output. Qwen3 Max Thinking: $0.78 input / $3.90 output.
Qwen3 Max Thinking has a larger context window: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 200K tokens vs Qwen3 Max Thinking at 262K tokens.
Claude Haiku 4.5 supports vision/image input, but Qwen3 Max Thinking does not.
Key differences: only Claude Haiku 4.5 supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Max Thinking for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.