Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.7 vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.3 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 8.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 4.7 leads 66.7 to 39.0.
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $25 for Claude Opus 4.7.
- Claude Opus 4.7 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 58.3 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-14 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 128K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $5 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $25 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 66 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 59.6 (#13), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1518 | 1439 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 83.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 38.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1558 | — |
| SciCode | 54.5% | — |
| GSO | 44.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 76.4% | — |
| MirrorCode | 31.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,323 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.7: 47.9 (#10), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | — |
| APEX-Agents | 49.2% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 40.2% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 28.6% | — |
| ExploitBench | 26.5% | — |
| GBAEval | 43.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 21% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1233 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 10,937 | — |
Reasoning Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 53.8 (#29), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1506 | 1428 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 61.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 80.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 39% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 93.5% | — |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 30% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 72.8% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 19% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 28% | — |
| DTBench | 94.7% | — |
| LMCA | 52.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.25 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.3 | — |
Math Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 66.7 (#26), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1499 | 1426 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 70.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 73.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 54% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 43.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 22.9% | — |
Knowledge Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 62.6 (#23), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1521 | 1442 |
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 36.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 51.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12% | — |
Multimodal Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 41.2 (#38), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1316 | 1247 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 24.5% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 33.3% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1495 | — |
Multilingual Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 57.3 (#10), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1480 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1531 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1503 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1495 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1472 | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | 1464 | 1394 |
| LMArena Russian | 1494 | 1408 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1495 | 1428 |
Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 78.4 (#10), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1498 | 1406 |
Long Context Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 46.2 (#25), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1505 | 1420 |
Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 75.1 (#8), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1490 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1486 | 1366 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1505 | 1428 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1914 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1311 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Opus 4.7 better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.3 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 8.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.7 lists at $5 and $25.
Is Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.6 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Opus 4.7 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.7 and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.7 has 66 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.