GPT-4.1 vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
Compare GPT-4.1 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
Qwen3 Coder FlashRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-4.1 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen3 Coder Flash is 5.3x 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
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Input
$0.30
6.7× cheaper
Output
$1.50
5.3× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder Flash is cheaper on both — 6.7× input, 5.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
48%
GPT-4.1 uses 23.7x more emoji
GPT-4.1
Qwen3 Coder Flash
58%Vocabulary60%
19wSentence Length92w
0.38Hedging0.60
9.0Bold6.1
6.1Lists6.2
0.24Emoji0.00
1.01Headings1.64
0.07Transitions0.18
Based on 25 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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