Compare GPT-5 Mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
GPT-5 Mini and Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking are both competitive models. GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $1.2/M for Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
GPT-5 Mini is made by openai while Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is from qwen. On pricing, GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $1.2/M for Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking.
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
GPT-5 Mini is 3.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 517.4x more bold
Ask them anything yourself
Some models write identically. You are paying for the brand.
178 models fingerprinted across 32 writing dimensions. Free research.
185x
price gap between models that write identically
178
models
12
clone pairs
32
dimensions
279 AI models invented the same fake scientist.
We read every word. 250 models. 2.14 million words. This is what we found.

Compare GPT-5 Mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
GPT-5 Mini and Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking are both competitive models. GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $1.2/M for Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
GPT-5 Mini is made by openai while Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is from qwen. On pricing, GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $1.2/M for Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking.
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
GPT-5 Mini is 3.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 517.4x more bold
Ask them anything yourself
Some models write identically. You are paying for the brand.
178 models fingerprinted across 32 writing dimensions. Free research.
185x
price gap between models that write identically
178
models
12
clone pairs
32
dimensions
279 AI models invented the same fake scientist.
We read every word. 250 models. 2.14 million words. This is what we found.

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