GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Compare GPT-3.5 Turbo by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder Next by Qwen, context windows of 16K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 Coder Next
GPT-3.5 TurboRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen3 Coder Next has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.00
Qwen3 Coder Next
Input
$0.20
7.5× cheaper
Output
$1.50
1.3× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper on both — 7.5× input, 1.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
22%
Qwen3 Coder Next uses 628.3x more bold
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Qwen3 Coder Next
61%Vocabulary58%
16wSentence Length19w
0.23Hedging0.29
0.0Bold6.3
3.7Lists4.0
0.00Emoji0.86
0.00Headings0.92
0.38Transitions0.07
Based on 11 + 21 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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