GPT-4 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare GPT-4 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 8K vs 262K, tested across 26 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-4
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is 17x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4
Input
$30.00
Output
$60.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
50× cheaper
Output
$3.60
17× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on both — 50× input, 17× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 22.8x more emoji
GPT-4
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
59%Vocabulary54%
18wSentence Length14w
1.10Hedging0.39
0.8Bold6.9
2.5Lists4.2
0.00Emoji0.23
0.00Headings0.93
0.45Transitions0.17
Based on 15 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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