Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen3.6 Plus Preview

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and Qwen3.6 Plus Preview 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.

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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
Qwen logo
Qwen3.6 Plus Preview
Qwen · text → text

Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview is the next-generation evolution of the Qwen Plus series, featuring an advanced hybrid architecture that enhances efficiency and scalability. Compared to the 3.5 series, it delivers stronger reasoning and more reliable agentic behavior. In benchmarks, it performs at or above leading state-of-the-art models. As a flagship preview, Qwen 3.6 Plus excels in agentic coding, front-end development, and complex problem-solving.

Input$0 /M
Output$0 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Claude Opus 4.8
Qwen3.6 Plus Preview
Input /M
$5
$0
Output /M
$25
$0
Cache read /M
$0.5
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Context length
1,000,000
1,000,000
Max output
128,000
65,535
Time to First Token
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Throughput
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Modalities
textimagepdf
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinking
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.

Qwen3.6 Plus Preview
$0.00 /mo
Claude Opus 4.8
$675 /mo

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

FAQ

How large is each context window?

Claude Opus 4.8 accepts 1,000,000 and Qwen3.6 Plus Preview accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Opus 4.8 and 65,535 tokens on Qwen3.6 Plus Preview.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Claude Opus 4.8 accepts text, image and PDF input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.6 Plus Preview accepts text input and supports thinking.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and Qwen3.6 Plus 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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