GPT-4.1 vs Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Compare GPT-4.1 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-4.1 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1
Input
$2.00
Output
$8.00
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
10× cheaper
Output
$0.80
10× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
66%
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 4.4x more emoji
GPT-4.1
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
58%Vocabulary55%
19wSentence Length18w
0.38Hedging0.52
9.0Bold6.7
6.1Lists4.3
0.24Emoji1.04
1.01Headings0.92
0.07Transitions0.11
Based on 25 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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