# Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (Q4 laptop) vs Claude Opus 4.7

A locally quantized open model drew a better pelican than Opus at the time. Simon used it to illustrate that pelican quality no longer reliably tracked overall capability. A flamingo-on-a-unicycle variant also appeared.

- Recorded date: 2026-04-16
- Creator / publisher: Simon Willison
- Format: Static SVG
- Prompt category: Not separately recorded
- Original prompt: The complete original prompt is not recorded here; consult the source.
- Last updated: 2026-09-27
- Original source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus/
- Archive record: https://pelicanmap.aveniqa.com/en/specimens/qwen36-beats-opus47-2026-04-16-b01f7994/
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- Media: https://pelicanmap.aveniqa.com/media/zoo/specimen_Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_S-pelican.png
  Source: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_S-pelican.png
- Media: https://pelicanmap.aveniqa.com/media/zoo/specimen_opus-4.7-pelican.png
  Source: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/opus-4.7-pelican.png
- Media: https://pelicanmap.aveniqa.com/media/zoo/specimen_opus-4.7-pelican-max.png
  Source: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/opus-4.7-pelican-max.png
- Media: https://pelicanmap.aveniqa.com/media/zoo/specimen_qwen-flamingo.png
  Source: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-flamingo.png
- Media: https://pelicanmap.aveniqa.com/media/zoo/specimen_opus-flamingo.png
  Source: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/opus-flamingo.png