GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini vs Qwen3 Coder
Compare GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder by Qwen, in 3 community votes, qwen3 coder wins 67% of head-to-head duels, tested across 55 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 CoderWinner
GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniRunner-up
Pick Qwen3 Coder. In 3 blind votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 67% of the time. That's not luck.
Qwen3 Coder is 6.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
Input
$1.50
Output
$6.00
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
6.8× cheaper
Output
$0.95
6.3× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder is cheaper on both — 6.8× input, 6.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Qwen3 Coder uses 11.6x more emoji
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
Qwen3 Coder
65%Vocabulary61%
20wSentence Length72w
0.56Hedging0.61
3.3Bold4.7
3.4Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.12
0.08Headings1.43
0.05Transitions0.20
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