Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Cuál usar y cuándo
Ambos exponen una ventana de contexto de 1000000 tokens y aceptan entrada de texto e imagen con salida de texto, así que la diferencia es sobre todo precio y forma: claude-opus-5 cuesta $5 de entrada y $25 de salida por millón, unas 12.5x y 15.6x los $0.4 y $1.6 de qwen3.7-plus, y sus lecturas de caché van a $0.5 frente a $0.08. Elige claude-opus-5 cuando necesites su capacidad de pensamiento explícita o hasta 128000 tokens de salida en una llamada; elige qwen3.7-plus para trabajo de gran volumen o contexto largo, o cuando tus entradas incluyan vídeo, que Opus no acepta.
Benchmarks
6 medidos en ambos.
Publicado por los proveedores: Alibaba (Qwen) Anthropic ByteDance DeepSeek Google MiniMax Moonshot OpenAI Tencent Z.ai
Precios
| Claude Opus 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrada / 1M tokens | $5 | $0.4 | 13× |
| Salida / 1M tokens | $25 | $1.6 | 16× |
| Lectura de caché / 1M tokens | $0.5 | $0.08 | 6.3× |
| Escritura en caché | 1.25x (5m) / 2x (1h) | 1.25x | - |
Tarifas tomadas del catálogo en vivo al generar el sitio; la página de cada modelo tiene la ficha de precios actualizada.
Dónde queda cada uno: precio de entrada por 1M de tokens entre los 76 modelos de chat que se facturan en esta unidad (escala logarítmica)
Capacidades
| Claude Opus 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Uso de herramientas | sí | sí |
| Control del razonamiento | configurable | configurable |
| Salida estructurada | sí | sí |
| Caché de prompts | explícito (tú marcas el prefijo) | implícito + explícito |
| Duración de la caché | 5m default, 1h option | explicit: 5m, reset on hit |
| Prefijo mínimo en caché | 1024 tokens | 1024 tokens |
Especificaciones
| Claude Opus 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Modalidades de entrada | texto imagen | texto imagen vídeo |
| Modalidades de salida | texto | texto |
| Lanzamiento | 2026-07-24 | 2026-06-01 |
| Corte de conocimiento | 2026-05 | - |
| Ventana de contexto | 1M | 1M |
| Salida máxima | 128K | 66K |
| Parámetro de razonamiento |
|
|
| Valores aceptados | thinking.type
effort
| enable_thinking
thinking_budget
preserve_thinking
|
| Valor por defecto | thinking on effort
| on the Qwen3.7 Plus series is hybrid thinking with thinking enabled by default, and preserve_thinking is off |
Las especificaciones se transcriben de la documentación de cada proveedor; si un proveedor no publica un dato, la fila se omite en vez de deducirlo. Fuentes completas: Claude Opus 5 · Qwen3.7 Plus
Un mismo prompt en los dos modelos, medido a través de la pasarela
Claude Opus 5 superado · 3 sentences
When reasoning is enabled, the model generates a hidden chain of "thinking" tokens before it writes the visible answer, and those internal tokens are billed at the output rate even though no one ever sees them — commonly 3–10x more tokens than the response itself. Because output tokens are priced several times higher than input tokens, that added volume hits us at our most expensive rate, which is why the bill roughly doubled while our request count stayed flat. The spend is controllable: we can cap the reasoning budget per call, route only genuinely hard requests to reasoning mode and cheaper models for the rest, and track cost per successfully completed task rather than cost per token, since a single correct answer usually beats three cheap retries plus human cleanup.
salida 529 tok latencia 9.0 s
Qwen3.7 Plus superado · 3 sentences
Enabling reasoning requires the model to generate extensive internal "thinking" tokens to process complex logic before delivering a final answer. Because our vendor charges us per token consumed, this hidden computational overhead effectively doubles our output volume for the exact same number of user requests. Consequently, our costs have doubled because we are now paying for the model's increased processing time to achieve higher-quality, more accurate results.
salida 1428 tok (+1345 razonamiento) latencia 25.2 s
Cumplimiento de la instrucción (exactamente tres frases, se pueden contar), adaptación al público (registro de CFO) y la diferencia de facturación por razonamiento oculto que dejan ver los contadores de tokens de abajo.
Claude Opus 5 superado · 8/8 cases
## Fixed version ```python def longest_run(xs): if not xs: return 0 best = 1 cur = 1 for i in range(1, len(xs)): if xs[i] == xs[i - 1]: cur += 1 else: cur = 1 if cur > best: best = cur return best ``` ## The bug The counters were tracking the wrong quantity: `cur` counted *matching adjacent pairs* rather than *elements in the current run*, and both counters started at `0` instead of `1`. Since a run of length *n* contains only *n − 1* adjacent equal pairs, every result came back one too small — `[1, 1]` returned 1, `[3, 3, 3]` returned 2 — and a single-element list returned 0 because the loop body never executed and `best` kept its initial value of `0`. […]
salida 1094 tok latencia 16.1 s
Qwen3.7 Plus superado · 8/8 cases
## Fixed Code ```python def longest_run(xs): if not xs: return 0 best = 1 cur = 1 for i in range(1, len(xs)): if xs[i] == xs[i - 1]: cur += 1 else: cur = 1 best = max(best, cur) return best ``` ## Bug Explanation The function has two related bugs rooted in how it counts run lengths. First, `cur` is initialized to `0` and only incremented on matches, so it counts the number of *transitions* between equal elements rather than the total elements in the run—a run of N identical items only reaches `cur = N − 1`, undercounting by one. This also causes the single-element case to return `0`, since the loop never executes and `cur` never increments. […]
salida 2317 tok (+2005 razonamiento) latencia 40.5 s
Si la corrección funciona de verdad (se puede ejecutar), lo densa que es la explicación y la eficiencia en tokens en una tarea acotada.
Claude Opus 5 superado · 5/5 fields, guidance "Withheld pending Q4 close"
```json { "company": "Meridian Robotics", "quarter": "Q3", "revenue_usd_m": 412, "growth_pct": 11, "guidance": "Withheld pending Q4 close" } ``` Notes on judgment calls: - **quarter**: "September quarter" is labeled Q3 because the text refers to an upcoming "Q4 close," implying a calendar-aligned fiscal year. No fiscal year is given. - **revenue_usd_m**: 412 is stated as constant-currency and hedged ("call it"), so it's approximate; the currency is not explicitly stated as USD. - **growth_pct**: "up eleven and change" means slightly more than 11, so 11 is a floor rather than an exact figure.
salida 539 tok latencia 7.6 s
Qwen3.7 Plus superado · 5/5 fields, guidance null
{ "company": "Meridian Robotics", "quarter": "September", "revenue_usd_m": 412, "growth_pct": 11, "guidance": null }
salida 1807 tok (+1750 razonamiento) latencia 31.6 s
Respeto del esquema (sin campos inventados), tentación de alucinar (la guidance se omite a propósito) y diferencias entre las vías de salida estructurada.
Claude Opus 5 superado · 123 words, 0 banned, 1 question
**Cross-Provider Prompt Caching** We're introducing Cross-Provider Prompt Caching in the API Gateway. Repeated system prompts, long documents, and few-shot examples are stored once at the gateway layer and reused across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and self-hosted models. Instead of paying full input token costs on every request, your application sends a cache reference, and the gateway rehydrates the context before forwarding it downstream. Why does that matter? Teams running high-volume agents and retrieval pipelines typically see input token spend fall 40 to 70 percent, with median latency dropping by several hundred milliseconds. Caches are scoped per project, encrypted at rest, and invalidated automatically when a prompt template changes. Enable it with a single header, and see the docs for TTL tuning and per-route controls.
salida 1593 tok latencia 19.1 s
Qwen3.7 Plus superado · 120 words, 0 banned, 1 question
Introducing PromptCache, our new API gateway feature designed to store and reuse prompts across multiple artificial intelligence providers. Have you ever noticed how repeatedly sending identical queries drains your budget and increases latency? PromptCache solves this by intelligently storing responses at the gateway level. When your application requests the same prompt from a different provider, the system instantly returns the cached result. This drastically reduces API costs and accelerates response times for your users. You can configure custom expiration times and set specific fallback rules for each vendor. You must stop paying twice for the exact same computation. Please upgrade your entire infrastructure today and experience much faster and cheaper integrations without changing a single line of your application code.
salida 4453 tok (+4312 razonamiento) latencia 76.8 s
Respeto de las restricciones (límite de palabras, lista de palabras prohibidas, una única pregunta), sello de estilo y control de la longitud.
Cambia de uno a otro con una sola línea
Los dos ids aparecen en todas las pestañas de abajo; lo único que cambia es el par de líneas resaltadas. El endpoint, la clave y la estructura de la solicitud son los mismos.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1",
api_key="sk-syn-...",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-opus-5",
# model="qwen3.7-plus", # descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this diff"}],
reasoning_effort="medium",
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://synthorai.io/v1",
apiKey: "sk-syn-...",
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "claude-opus-5",
// model: "qwen3.7-plus", // descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Summarize this diff" }],
reasoning_effort: "medium",
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);curl https://synthorai.io/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-syn-..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-opus-5",
# "model": "qwen3.7-plus", # descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
"reasoning_effort": "medium"
}'package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/openai/openai-go/v3"
"github.com/openai/openai-go/v3/option"
)
func main() {
client := openai.NewClient(
option.WithBaseURL("https://synthorai.io/v1"),
option.WithAPIKey("sk-syn-..."),
)
resp, _ := client.Chat.Completions.New(context.TODO(), openai.ChatCompletionNewParams{
Model: "claude-opus-5",
// Model: "qwen3.7-plus", // descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
Messages: []openai.ChatCompletionMessageParamUnion{
openai.UserMessage("Summarize this diff"),
},
ReasoningEffort: openai.ReasoningEffortMedium,
})
fmt.Println(resp.Choices[0].Message.Content)
}import com.openai.client.OpenAIClient;
import com.openai.client.okhttp.OpenAIOkHttpClient;
import com.openai.models.chat.completions.*;
import com.openai.models.ReasoningEffort;
OpenAIClient client = OpenAIOkHttpClient.builder()
.baseUrl("https://synthorai.io/v1")
.apiKey("sk-syn-...")
.build();
ChatCompletion resp = client.chat().completions().create(
ChatCompletionCreateParams.builder()
.model("claude-opus-5")
// .model("qwen3.7-plus") // descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
.addUserMessage("Summarize this diff")
.reasoningEffort(ReasoningEffort.MEDIUM)
.build());
System.out.println(resp.choices().get(0).message().content().orElse(""));Preguntas frecuentes
¿Cuál es más barato, Claude Opus 5 o Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus es más barato en Entrada / 1M tokens ($0.4 frente a $5, una diferencia de 13×). En otras filas puede ser al revés: la tabla de arriba recoge todas las tarifas, y el coste real depende de tu combinación de uso.
¿Puedo hacer pruebas A/B de Claude Opus 5 frente a Qwen3.7 Plus sin dos integraciones?
Sí. Los dos se sirven desde el mismo endpoint compatible con OpenAI y con una sola clave API. Para cambiar de uno a otro basta con tocar una línea, el nombre del modelo, así que puedes mandar una parte del tráfico a cada uno y comparar directamente las facturas.
¿Admiten Claude Opus 5 y Qwen3.7 Plus caché de prompts?
Sí. Los dos cobran las lecturas de caché por debajo de su tarifa de entrada, así que las cargas de trabajo que reutilizan un prefijo ya cacheado cuestan menos de lo que sugieren los precios de lista. Las tarifas exactas de lectura de caché están en la tabla de precios de arriba.