Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.5 leads with 3.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude Opus 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4.5 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5, released by Anthropic in November 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 4.5 family built for demanding reasoning tasks, advanced code generation, and complex agentic workflows. It features a 200K token context window, 64K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking with configurable effort levels. Opus 4.5 targets deep analytical work, multi-step tool orchestration, and applications requiring sustained reasoning across long, complex tasks.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3 Coder Next is a coding-specialized open-weight model from Alibaba's Qwen3 family, built on the Qwen3-Next architecture with hybrid attention and Mixture-of-Experts design optimized for local development and agentic coding workflows. It targets on-device and self-hosted deployments requiring a capable coding agent that can operate within consumer hardware constraints.
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Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
2025-11-01
Qwen3 Coder Next
Alibaba / Qwen
2026-02-04
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.5
Qwen3 Coder Next
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Opus 4.5
Qwen3 Coder Next
Claude Opus 4.5
2025-05
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
Qwen3 Coder Next
Claude Opus 4.5
Qwen3 Coder Next
Claude Opus 4.5
Qwen3 Coder Next