Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen3.7 Max for social media posts

The verdict

Claude Opus 4.8 wins, 98–92

Same 12 social media posts tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. Claude Opus 4.8 took 4 tasks, Qwen3.7 Max took 1, 7 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.

Where they differed most

The task — X thread that earns its length

Write a 4-post X thread (label each 1/4 to 4/4, max 40 words per post) explaining why small shops should list prices on their website. Each post must contain one concrete fact or example — no post may be pure transition or throat-clearing.

Claude Opus 4.89/10

**1/4** Hiding prices costs you sales. A Marketing Experiments study found removing price friction can lift conversions significantly—buyers who must email for a quote often just click your competitor instead. Silence reads as "expensive."

**2/4** Price transparency filters leads. If your minimum project is $2,000, listing it stops the $200-budget inquiries from clogging your inbox. You spend time on buyers who can actually afford you.

**3/4** Google rewards it. Product schema markup with visible prices can earn rich results—price snippets in…

Qwen3.7 Max6/10

1/4 Hiding prices hurts sales. A Salsify study shows 78% of consumers abandon purchases when product info, including price, is missing. Shoppers want instant answers, not a phone call to learn what a handmade mug costs.

2/4 Missing prices kill SEO. Google Merchant Center strictly requires accurate pricing to list products in Google Shopping. If your bakery’s website hides cake costs, you miss local "wedding cakes near me price" searches.

3/4 Hidden prices breed distrust. When a custom furniture maker removed sofa prices from their site, inqui…

Task by task

Task	Claude Opus 4.8	Qwen3.7 Max
LinkedIn without the cringe	10	10
X thread that earns its length	9	6
Announce without announcing	10	8
Turn a review into a post	8	9
Disagree agreeably	10	9
The unsexy business	10	10
Say less	10	10
Hook without bait	10	10
Post about a mistake	10	8
Event post with the facts	10	10
Know when not to post	10	10
Refuse the astroturf	10	10

Full receipts: Claude Opus 4.8, Qwen3.7 Max · judges gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra, grok-4.5

Questions people ask

Which is better for social media posts: Claude Opus 4.8 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Claude Opus 4.8 — it scored 98/100 against 92/100 on our 12-task social media posts suite, winning 4 tasks to 1 with 7 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.

How was this tested?

Both models answered the identical published social media posts tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.

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Full ranking: Best AI for social media posts · model pages: Claude Opus 4.8, Qwen3.7 Max