GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare GPT-3.5 Turbo by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen, context windows of 16K vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
GPT-3.5 TurboRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
GPT-3.5 Turbo is 3.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Input
$1.50
1.3× cheaper
Output
$2.00
3.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
GPT-3.5 Turbo is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 3.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
32%
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max uses 427.3x more bold
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
61%Vocabulary48%
16wSentence Length17w
0.23Hedging0.95
0.0Bold4.3
3.7Lists8.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings1.92
0.38Transitions0.02
Based on 11 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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