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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
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Winner summary
Claude Haiku 5.5 wins on 6/7 benchmarks
Claude Haiku 5.5 wins 6 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · knowledge · math.
Category leads
speed·Claude Haiku 5.5knowledge·Claude Haiku 5.5math·Claude Haiku 5.5general·Claude Haiku 5.5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Haiku 5.5
#109 by perf·#15 by attention
Qwen3.6 Plus
#100 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Claude Haiku 5.5
3.7x better value than Qwen3.6 Plus
Claude Haiku 5.5
175.3 pts/$
$0.30/M
Qwen3.6 Plus
46.9 pts/$
$1.14/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude Haiku 5.5Qwen3.6 Plus
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads by +3.8
Claude Haiku 5.5
43.4
Qwen3.6 Plus
39.6
Chess Puzzles
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads by +43.1
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Claude Haiku 5.5
52.6
Qwen3.6 Plus
9.5
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads by +36.8
Claude Haiku 5.5
75.1
Qwen3.6 Plus
38.3
GPQA diamond
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads by +1.7
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Claude Haiku 5.5
86.2
Qwen3.6 Plus
84.5
Mystery Game Puzzles
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads by +19.8
Claude Haiku 5.5
22.9
Qwen3.6 Plus
3.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads by +5.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Claude Haiku 5.5
98.9
Qwen3.6 Plus
93.3
SimpleQA Verified
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +20.3
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
Claude Haiku 5.5
23.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
44.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 43.4 | 39.6 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 52.6 | 9.5 |
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private | 75.1 | 38.3 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 86.2 | 84.5 |
Mystery Game Puzzles | 22.9 | 3.1 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 98.9 | 93.3 |
SimpleQA Verified SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information. | 23.8 | 44.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $2.00 | |
| $0.33 | $1.95 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $7.31 |