Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
40
Qwen3 235B 2507
32
Pick Claude 3.5 Sonnet if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Knowledge
+16.8 difference
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Qwen3 235B 2507
$3 / $15
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
200K
128K
Pick Claude 3.5 Sonnet if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 40 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is also the more expensive model on tokens at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3 235B 2507. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Claude 3.5 Sonnet gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B 2507.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 40 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 59.4% and 77.5%.
Qwen3 235B 2507 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.2 versus 59.4. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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