Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen Plus

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and Qwen Plus from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8QwenQwen Plus
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Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic · text, image, pdf → text

Claude Opus 4.5 is Anthropic’s latest frontier reasoning model, optimized for complex engineering, agentic workflows, and long-horizon computer use. It features strong multimodal capabilities, improved resistance to prompt injection, and a new Verbosity parameter to control token efficiency. With advanced tool use, extended context, and multi-agent support, Opus 4.5 excels in autonomous research, debugging, planning, and spreadsheet/browser operations.

Input$5 /M
Output$25 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M
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Qwen Plus
Qwen · → text

The Qwen series models with balanced capabilities have inference performance and speed between Qwen-Max and Qwen-Turbo, making them suitable for moderately complex tasks. This model is a dynamically updated version, and updates will not be announced in advance. The current version is qwen-plus-2025-04-28.The model adopts tiered pricing.

Input$0.11 /M
Output$0.275 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Claude Opus 4.8
Qwen Plus
Input /M
$5
$0.11
Output /M
$25
$0.275
Cache read /M
$0.5
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Context length
1,000,000
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Max output
128,000
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Time to First Token
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Throughput
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Modalities
textimagepdf
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
May 28, 2026
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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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Cost calculator

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

Qwen Plus
$10.73 /mo
Claude Opus 4.8
$675 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude Opus 4.8, Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus: $0.275/M output tokens; Claude Opus 4.8: $25/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and Qwen Plus 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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