GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Compare GPT-4.1 Mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 30B A3B by Qwen, in 4 community votes, gpt-4.1 mini wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 41K, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, GPT-4.1 Mini or Qwen3 30B A3B?
GPT-4.1 Mini is the better choice overall, winning 100% of 4 blind community votes on Rival. GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.4/M input tokens vs $0/M for Qwen3 30B A3B. Context windows: 1048K vs 41K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen3 30B A3B
GPT-4.1 Mini is made by openai while Qwen3 30B A3B is from qwen. GPT-4.1 Mini has a 1048K token context window compared to Qwen3 30B A3B's 41K. On pricing, GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.4/M input tokens vs $0/M for Qwen3 30B A3B. In community voting, In 4 community votes, GPT-4.1 Mini wins 100% of head-to-head duels.
In 4 community votes, GPT-4.1 Mini wins 100% of head-to-head duels. GPT-4.1 Mini leads in Web Design, Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 4+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Pick GPT-4.1 Mini. In 4 blind votes, GPT-4.1 Mini wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-4.1 Mini particularly excels in Web Design, Image Generation.
Style Comparison
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