GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
Compare GPT-4.1 Mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder Flash by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 128K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1 Mini
Qwen3 Coder Flash
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini
Input
$0.40
Output
$1.60
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Input
$0.30
1.3× cheaper
Output
$1.50
1.1× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder Flash is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 1.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
Qwen3 Coder Flash uses 4.9x more sentence length
GPT-4.1 Mini
Qwen3 Coder Flash
59%Vocabulary60%
19wSentence Length92w
0.46Hedging0.60
4.7Bold6.1
4.9Lists6.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.76Headings1.64
0.17Transitions0.18
Based on 23 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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