Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a larger context window than GPT-2 (262K tokens vs 1K tokens).
Landing page for an indie music app. Deep purple and teal, one file.
Which answer wins?
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
GPT-2: 1 new character a month.\n\nExample:\n\n$ cat @$ cat@1 $ cat @$ cat @1 @$ cat @2 $ cat @4\n\nThe above code creates 1 new character a month. The current character is @1 and the next new character is @0\n.\n\nGenerate 1 new character a month.\n\nExample:\n\n$ cat @$ cat @$ cat @1 $ cat @$ cat @$ cat @$ cat @$ cat…
Qwen3.5 397B A17B: Here are 5 jokes: Why did the bicycle fall over? Because it was two-tired. What do you call a fish wearing a bowtie? Sofishticated. Why can't you give Elsa a balloon? Because she will let it go. What do you call a lazy kangaroo? A pouch potato. Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
GPT-2: The trick is to create comedy in your head, because, well, you don\'t want to say\n it. The trick is to play al\nong.\n\nThe problem with this approach is that it makes it seem silly and lame, then as\nquickly as it makes sense, i\nt becomes obvious.
Qwen3.5 397B A17B: (The comedian walks to the center of the stage, adjusts the mic stand, and looks at the audience with a tired smile.) Has anyone else noticed that calling a customer service line is the only situation in life where you voluntarily enter a hostage negotiation? I tried to call my internet provider yesterday.
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
GPT-2: to me,\" a friend asked in his office, \"tell me how you want to be treated while it's still here. I\'m not going anywhere. Do what you want. Take it.\"\n\nIn his mind, the response was a call to action, and so were the books.\n\nAnd by the time Wertz learned he would be making such a book deal, in 2003, he was no…
Qwen3.5 397B A17B: Setting: Dr. Elias Thorne's office, late evening. Rain taps against the window. The room is lined with books on philosophy of mind and computer science. A single laptop sits open on the desk, a waveform visualizer pulsing gently on the screen.
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | — | $0.6/M tokens |
| Output price | — | $3.6/M tokens |
| Context window | 1K tokens | 262K tokens |
| Parameters | 1.5B | 397B (17B active) |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | — | No |
| Released | Nov 2019 | Feb 2026 |
| At 10M a month | not listed | $6.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.
GPT-2 is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3.5 397B A17B is developed by Qwen. GPT-2 has a 1K token context window vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 7 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. GPT-2 and Qwen3.5 397B A17B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 7 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
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