GPT-5 Pro vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare GPT-5 Pro by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 262K, tested across 41 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5 Pro
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 33x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5 Pro
Input
$15.00
Output
$120.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
25× cheaper
Output
$3.60
33× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on both — 25× input, 33× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
37%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 690.3x more bold
GPT-5 Pro
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
65%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length14w
0.32Hedging0.39
0.0Bold6.9
2.9Lists4.2
0.00Emoji0.23
0.00Headings0.93
0.01Transitions0.17
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Research
What we learned reading every model
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