GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Compare GPT-4.1 Mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 by Qwen, in 3 community votes, qwen: qwen3 30b a3b instruct 2507 wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Winner
GPT-4.1 MiniRunner-up
Pick Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507. In 3 blind votes, Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini
Input
$0.40
Output
$1.60
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
2.0× cheaper
Output
$0.80
2.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 2.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 103.6x more emoji
GPT-4.1 Mini
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
59%Vocabulary55%
19wSentence Length18w
0.46Hedging0.52
4.7Bold6.7
4.9Lists4.3
0.00Emoji1.04
0.76Headings0.92
0.17Transitions0.11
Based on 23 + 22 text responses
Research
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