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  3. Claude 3 Opus vs Qwen: Qwen3 32B

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Claude 3 Opus vs Qwen: Qwen3 32B benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Qwen: Qwen3 32B is more budget-friendly at $0.28/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Claude 3 Opus if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Qwen: Qwen3 32B if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Qwen: Qwen3 32B holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
Claude 3 OpusTop code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
Claude 3 OpusTop logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Qwen: Qwen3 32BLowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
Claude 3 OpusFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Claude 3 Opus (1)Qwen: Qwen3 32B (2)
Claude 3 Opus
1 of 3 Wins
✓Context window
Qwen: Qwen3 32B
2 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price
Anthropic
Leads 1 of 3
Claude 3 Opus

Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Elo 1,248In: $15 · Out: $75/1M
Alibaba
Leads 2 of 3
Qwen: Qwen3 32B

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen3-32b). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.08 · Out: $0.28/1M
Top Rival Showdowns for Claude 3 Opus
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Provs Qwen 3 Max
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderQwen: Qwen3 32B Wins

Qwen: Qwen3 32B

$0.28 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Claude 3 Opus (7)vsQwen: Qwen3 32B (2)
Claude 3 Opus: 7W (78%)Overall: Claude 3 OpusQwen: Qwen3 32B: 2W (22%)
← Claude 3 OpusQwen: Qwen3 32B →
🏆Claude 3 Opus Leads(4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Claude 3 OpusvsQwen: Qwen3 32B
Preference Elo
1,248vs—
Coding Elo
—vs—
SWE-bench
38.4%vs—
LiveBench
46.2%vs—
GPQA Diamond
50.4%vs—
Claude 3 Opus: 4WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 0W
🏆Claude 3 Opus Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Claude 3 OpusvsQwen: Qwen3 32B
Output speed
48 tok/svs—
Time to first token
420 msvs—
Claude 3 Opus: 2WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 0W
🏆Qwen: Qwen3 32B Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Claude 3 OpusvsQwen: Qwen3 32B
Output price
$75/1Mvs$0.28/1M+$74.72/1M
Input price
$15/1Mvs$0.08/1M+$14.92/1M
Context window
200kvs131k+69k
Claude 3 Opus: 1WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Claude 3 OpusQwen: Qwen3 32B
Preference Elo
Claude 3 Opus1,248
Qwen: Qwen3 32B—
LiveBench
Claude 3 Opus46.2%
Qwen: Qwen3 32B—
SWE-bench
Claude 3 Opus38.4%
Qwen: Qwen3 32B—
GPQA Diamond
Claude 3 Opus50.4%
Qwen: Qwen3 32B—
Time to first token
Claude 3 Opus420 ms
Qwen: Qwen3 32B—
Output speed
Claude 3 Opus48 tok/s
Qwen: Qwen3 32B—
Input priceQwen: Qwen3 32B +$14.92/1M
Claude 3 Opus$15/1M
Qwen: Qwen3 32B$0.08/1M
Output priceQwen: Qwen3 32B +$74.72/1M
Claude 3 Opus$75/1M
Qwen: Qwen3 32B$0.28/1M
Context windowClaude 3 Opus +69k
Claude 3 Opus200k
Qwen: Qwen3 32B131k
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusQwen: Qwen3 32BAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,248
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
46.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
38.4%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
50.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
420 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
48 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$15/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.08/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$14.92/1M
Output price
$75/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.28/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$74.72/1M
Context window
200k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
131k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+69k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 100% with Qwen: Qwen3 32B
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Claude 3 Opus$1,650.00 / mo
In: $525Out: $1,125
Qwen: Qwen3 32B$7.00 / mo
In: $2.8Out: $4.2
Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen: Qwen3 32B is estimated to save $1,643.00/month ($19,716/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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    Qwen: Qwen3 32B:Pick Qwen: Qwen3 32B when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 32B

Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGClaude 3 Opus

Larger window (200k).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3 Opus

Claude 3 Opus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 32BLower output list price ($0.28/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGClaude 3 OpusLarger window (200k).
Screenshots / visionClaude 3 OpusClaude 3 Opus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Anthropic

Claude 3 Opus

Elo 1,248
SWE-bench38.4%
Speed (tok/s)48 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$15/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$75/1M
Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 32B

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)131k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.08/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.28/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Qwen: Qwen3 32B output tokens are $0.28/1M versus $75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Claude 3 Opus accepts 200k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3 Opus and Qwen: Qwen3 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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