GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen3 Coder
Compare GPT-4.1 Mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder by Qwen, in 3 community votes, qwen3 coder wins 100% of head-to-head duels, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 CoderWinner
GPT-4.1 MiniRunner-up
Pick Qwen3 Coder. In 3 blind votes, Qwen3 Coder 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
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
1.8× cheaper
Output
$0.95
1.7× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder is cheaper on both — 1.8× input, 1.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
Qwen3 Coder uses 11.6x more emoji
GPT-4.1 Mini
Qwen3 Coder
59%Vocabulary61%
19wSentence Length72w
0.46Hedging0.61
4.7Bold4.7
4.9Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.12
0.76Headings1.43
0.17Transitions0.20
Based on 23 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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