GPT-4o mini vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare GPT-4o mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, context windows of 128K vs 262K, tested across 48 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
GPT-4o miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
GPT-4o mini is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4o mini
Input
$0.15
6.9× cheaper
Output
$0.60
10× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input
$1.04
Output
$6.24
GPT-4o mini is cheaper on both — 6.9× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview uses 188.4x more emoji
GPT-4o mini
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
54%Vocabulary62%
18wSentence Length21w
0.84Hedging0.22
3.8Bold3.8
3.3Lists2.9
0.00Emoji1.88
1.03Headings0.62
0.23Transitions0.02
Based on 22 + 26 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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