Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
Anthropic · text, image → text
Input$3.3 /M
Output$16.5 /M
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Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Compare Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 from Anthropic and Qwen3.8 Max 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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Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text
Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.
Input$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$3.3
$0.338
Output /M
$16.5
$1.014
Cache read /M
-
$0.0338
Context length
NaN
983,616
Max output
0
131,072
Time to First Token
0.8 s
2.4 s
Throughput
66.6 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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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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LMArena Benchmarks
LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.
Text
claude-3-sonnet-20240229qwen3.8-max-preview
1220132014201520
Overall
12801480
Coding
13171520
Math
12531497
Hard prompts
12811502
Instruction following
12671477
Multi-turn
12771493
Creative writing
12451466
Longer query
12851492
Chinese
12751536
English
12881488
Vision
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1000110012001300
Overall
10161300
OCR
13151315
Diagram
13261326
Homework
13341334
Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
$446 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M output tokens; Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: $16.5/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: 1317 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: 0.8s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 at 66.6 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 accepts text and image input; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.
Can I call Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and Qwen3.8 Max 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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