Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen3.5-Plus
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Claude Sonnet 5 comes from Anthropic and Qwen3.5-Plus from Alibaba. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Qwen3.5-Plus is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.40 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.5-Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Model ID | claude-sonnet-5 | qwen3.5-plus |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 64K |
| Input price | $10.00 / 1M tokens | $0.40 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $2.00 / 1M tokens | $2.40 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file, audio | text, image, video |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Free | Free |
Which should you use?
Pick Claude Sonnet 5 when…
- You want longer single responses — up to 128K output tokens.
- You need file and audio input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick Qwen3.5-Plus when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.40 / 1M tokens versus $10.00 / 1M tokens.
- You need video input, which the other model does not accept.
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