GPT-4.1 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare GPT-4.1 by OpenAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, in 10 community votes, gpt-4.1 wins 80% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Web Design: GPT-4.1 wins 67% of votes
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1Winner
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up
Pick GPT-4.1. In 10 blind votes, GPT-4.1 wins 80% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-4.1 particularly excels in Web Design. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is 5.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1
Input
$2.00
Output
$8.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
13× cheaper
Output
$1.50
5.3× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 13× input, 5.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 2.5x more emoji
GPT-4.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
58%Vocabulary52%
19wSentence Length16w
0.38Hedging0.20
9.0Bold5.8
6.1Lists3.7
0.24Emoji0.59
1.01Headings0.96
0.07Transitions0.05
Based on 25 + 20 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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