Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 27B (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Qwen3.5 27B (Non-reasoning) beats Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning): cheaper ($0.51 vs $2.31/M) and at least as smart (index 19.4 vs 19.3).

	Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)	Qwen3.5 27B (Non-reasoning)
Speed (tok/s)	38 measured	80.1 measured
Blended $/M	$2.31 derived	$0.51 derived
Intelligence index	19.3 measured	19.4 measured
TTFT (ms)	149 measured	561 measured
Context	—	—
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) card · Qwen3.5 27B (Non-reasoning) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.