GPT-5.1-Codex vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Compare GPT-5.1-Codex by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 262K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.1-Codex
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5.1-Codex has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is 5.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.1-Codex
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Input
$0.25
5.0× cheaper
Output
$2.00
5.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 5.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
33%
GPT-5.1-Codex uses 2.8x more transitions
GPT-5.1-Codex
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
70%Vocabulary51%
17wSentence Length15w
0.39Hedging0.39
3.4Bold6.8
3.5Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.00
0.50Headings0.84
0.38Transitions0.14
Based on 14 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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