Qwen3.5 122B A10B vs Claude Sonnet 4.6: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.5 122B A10B and Claude Sonnet 4.6 releases: 2 and 3 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 5 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores highest: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 30, against Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Non-reasoning) at 18 for Qwen3.5 122B A10B.
- For output speed, Qwen3.5 122B A10B is fastest: Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Non-reasoning) at 140 t/s, against Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 48 t/s for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
- For cost per task, Qwen3.5 122B A10B is cheapest: Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning) at $0.32, against Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at $2.49 for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) |  Anthropic | 30 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 32 | 43 | $2.49 | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | $4,925 | 75k | 56k | 233M | 48 | 107.76s | 107.76s | 118.25s | 1139.97s | - | 1M | Feb 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |    | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 1.34s | 1.34s | 12.84s | - | - | 1M | Feb 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) | Anthropic | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 1.45s | 1.45s | 13.09s | - | - | 1M | Feb 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Non-reasoning) |  Alibaba | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.7 | $0.40 | $3.20 | - | - | - | - | - | 140 | 2.32s | 2.32s | 5.90s | - | 125B 10B active at inference time | 262k | Feb 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |  | |||
| Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning) | Alibaba | 16 | 18 | 14 | 18 | - | 19 | 25 | $0.32 | $0.7 | $0.40 | $3.20 | - | $661 | 17k | 7k | 101M | 128 | 2.36s | 18.01s | 21.92s | 125.65s | 125B 10B active at inference time | 262k | Feb 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |  +2 | |||