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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen3 32B
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Winner summary
Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins on 6/6 benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · knowledge · general.
Category leads
arena·Claude Sonnet 4.6knowledge·Claude Sonnet 4.6general·Claude Sonnet 4.6math·Claude Sonnet 4.6
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Sonnet 4.6
#156 by perf·#12 by attention
Qwen3 32B
#115 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Qwen3 32B
55.4x better value than Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6
5.2 pts/$
$9.00/M
Qwen3 32B
286.1 pts/$
$0.18/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude Sonnet 4.6Qwen3 32B
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +125.2
Claude Sonnet 4.6
1472.2
Qwen3 32B
1346.9
Chess Puzzles
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +18.9
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
19.0
Qwen3 32B
0.0
Dtbench
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +37.3
Claude Sonnet 4.6
83.1
Qwen3 32B
45.8
GPQA diamond
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +28.9
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
83.2
Qwen3 32B
54.3
Lmca
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +34.4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
54.7
Qwen3 32B
20.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +18.9
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
85.8
Qwen3 32B
66.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1472.2 | 1346.9 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 19.0 | 0.0 |
Dtbench | 83.1 | 45.8 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 83.2 | 54.3 |
Lmca | 54.7 | 20.3 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 85.8 | 66.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $60.00 | |
| $0.08 | $0.28 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $1.30 |
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