Claude Opus 4vsQwen3-Coder-Next

Claude Opus 4
Qwen3-Coder-Next
Specifications
Parameters
80B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
34%
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
44.3%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%Best
70.6%
Multilingual coding
SWE-Bench Multilingual
62.8%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
36.2%
Science
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Overview
CompanyAnthropicQwen
Release dateMay 22 2025Feb 3 2026
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Qwen3-Coder-Next?

Claude Opus 4 leads Qwen3-Coder-Next on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Claude Opus 4 shipped 257 days before Qwen3-Coder-Next, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4 is proprietary, while Qwen3-Coder-Next is open weight.

On SWE-Bench Verified, Claude Opus 4 leads at 72.5% vs Qwen3-Coder-Next at 70.6%.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.

Qwen3-Coder-Next was released by Qwen on Feb 3 2026.

Claude Opus 4 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude Opus 4 72.5% vs Qwen3-Coder-Next 70.6%.

Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Qwen3-Coder-Next is an open weight model released by Qwen.

Other comparisons