Claude 1vsQwen3-Coder
Claude 1 | Qwen3-Coder | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
ParametersA rough measure of how big the model is. More parameters usually means more capable and more expensive to run, though it is a poor guide on its own — a smaller, newer model often beats a larger, older one. | — | 480B |
Context windowHow much text the model can hold in mind at once — your question, any documents you attach, the conversation so far, and its own reply. Go past it and the earliest part falls out of view. | 9k | 256k |
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $1.00 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $5.00 |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 20% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Release date | Mar 14 2023 | Jul 22 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Frequently asked questions
Claude 1 and Qwen3-Coder don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Only Qwen3-Coder has a verified first-party API price: $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 1. Claude 1 shipped 861 days before Qwen3-Coder, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Context windows are 9k (Claude 1) vs 256k (Qwen3-Coder). Claude 1 is proprietary, while Qwen3-Coder is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 1 and Qwen3-Coder don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Claude 1 was released by Anthropic on Mar 14 2023.
Qwen3-Coder was released by Qwen on Jul 22 2025.
Only Qwen3-Coder has a verified first-party API price: $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 1. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Claude 1 has a 9k context window; Qwen3-Coder has 256k.
Claude 1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Qwen3-Coder is an open weight model released by Qwen.