Models

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $16.50 per million on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $3.30 per million on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $3.30 per million on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.8s on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 66.6 tok/s on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 scores 1317 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

AnthropicClaude 3 Sonnet 20240229QwenQwen3.8 Max Preview
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Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
Anthropic · text, image → text

Input$3.30 /M
Output$16.50 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.34 /M
Output$1.01 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$3.30
$0.34
Output /M
$16.50
$1.01
Cache read /M
$3.30
$0.03
Context length
NaN
983,616
Max output
0
131,072
Time to First Token
0.8 s
2.4 s
Throughput
66.6 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
claude-3-sonnet-20240229qwen3.8-max-preview
1220132014201520
Overall
12801481
Coding
13171520
Math
12531504
Hard prompts
12811506
Instruction following
12671478
Multi-turn
12771496
Creative writing
12451469
Longer query
12851497
Chinese
12751545
English
12881486
Vision
claude-3-sonnet-20240229qwen3.8-max-preview
1000110012001300
Overall
10161302
OCR
13171317
Diagram
13311331
Homework
13351335

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
$446 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: $16.50/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: 1317 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: 0.8s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 at 66.6 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 accepts text and image input; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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