GPT-4o mini vs Qwen3 Coder
Compare GPT-4o mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder by Qwen, in 15 community votes, qwen3 coder wins 89% of head-to-head duels, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Reasoning: Qwen3 Coder wins 100% of votes
Web Design: GPT-4o mini and Qwen3 Coder are tied
Image Generation: Qwen3 Coder wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
Qwen3 CoderWinner
GPT-4o miniRunner-up
Pick Qwen3 Coder. In 15 blind votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 89% of the time. That's not luck.
Qwen3 Coder particularly excels in Reasoning, Image Generation.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4o mini
Input
$0.15
1.5× cheaper
Output
$0.60
1.6× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
Output
$0.95
GPT-4o mini is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 1.6× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
55%
Qwen3 Coder uses 11.6x more emoji
GPT-4o mini
Qwen3 Coder
54%Vocabulary61%
18wSentence Length72w
0.84Hedging0.61
3.8Bold4.7
3.3Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.12
1.03Headings1.43
0.23Transitions0.20
Based on 22 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
