Model comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen 3.6 Plus
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Fast, cheap, surprisingly capable for high-volume jobs.
Alibaba
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Alibaba's broad open-weights family, strong on multilingual.
Specs
| Metric | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1M tokens↑ |
| Input $/1M tokens | $1.00 | $0.179↑ |
| Output $/1M tokens | $5.00 | $1.07↑ |
| Modalities | Text · Image · File | Text · Image · Video |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| Released | Oct 2025 | Sep 2024 |
Capability differences
| Capability | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Extended thinking | Yes | No |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
Key differences
- -Claude Haiku 4.5 offers 200K context; Qwen 3.6 Plus offers 1M.
- -Input pricing: Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1.00/1M vs Qwen 3.6 Plus at $0.179/1M.
- -Qwen 3.6 Plus is open weights; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.