Is Qwen 3.5 397B A17B or Claude 3.5 Sonnet cheaper?

Qwen 3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on output tokens ($3.50 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen 3.5 397B A17B or Claude 3.5 Sonnet?

Qwen 3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen 3.5 397B A17B vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Qwen 3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen 3.5 397B A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen 3.5 397B A17B or Claude 3.5 Sonnet based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen 3.5 397B A17B	Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Provider	DigitalOcean	DigitalOcean
Input / 1M tokens	$0.55	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$3.50	$15.00
Context window	262K	200K
Parameters	397B	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Feb 2026	Jun 2024

Qwen 3.5 397B A17B details →Claude 3.5 Sonnet details →

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