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Qwen 3.6 model outperforms Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 on image generation benchmark

A recent comparison of AI models revealed that Alibaba's Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, running on a laptop, produced superior SVG illustrations of a pelican riding a bicycle compared to Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7. While the benchmark is intended as a humorous commentary on model evaluation, the Qwen model also outperformed Opus in generating an SVG of a flamingo on a unicycle, even including a descriptive SVG comment. This result challenges the general correlation between illustration quality and overall model utility, suggesting that specialized tasks may be better handled by smaller, more accessible models. AI

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Qwen 3.6 model outperforms Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 on image generation benchmark

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 ·

    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7

    <p>For anyone who has been (inadvisably) taking my <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pelican-riding-a-bicycle/">pelican riding a bicycle benchmark</a> seriously as a robust way to test models, here are pelicans from this morning's two big model releases - <a href="https://q…