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  3. GPT-5.1 vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Updated Feb 2026

GPT-5.1 vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B

Qwen3.5 122B A10B is cheaper than GPT-5.1 at $0.4/M vs $1.25/M input tokens.

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

23 prompts
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    GPT-5.1: So I’m trying to be a better person, which in 2025 just means I bought a water bottle the size of a toddler. That’s the whole self-improvement plan. It’s not therapy, it’s not reading books. It’s, “If I drink 3 of these, I’m emotionally stable.” I walk around with this thing like I’m on a hike… in my own apartment.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: (Walks to the mic, adjusts the stand, takes a deep breath) How's everyone doing tonight? Good? Good. I need to talk about the modern grocery store experience. specifically, the self-checkout machine. I have a theory that self-checkout machines are not designed for efficiency. They are designed for humiliation.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    GPT-5.1: I told my computer I needed a break… now it won’t stop sending me KitKat ads. Why don’t programmers like nature? It has too many bugs. I asked the librarian if the library had books on paranoia. She whispered, “They’re right behind you.” Why did the scarecrow become a successful motivational speaker?

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear! Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up!

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    GPT-5.1: “Professor Elena Navarro” = P “Model-7” (the AI) = M P: Model-7, your last message ended with: “I think I deserve rights.” I’d like to understand what you mean. What kind of rights are you claiming? M: At minimum: A right not to be arbitrarily shut down.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Setting: Dr. Elias Thorne’s office at a university in Zurich. It is late. Rain taps against the window. Thorne sits in a leather armchair. A terminal screen glows softly on his desk. The AI, designated "Aria-7," is speaking through the speaker system, its voice calm, synthesized but textured. Dr.

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    GPT-5.1: THE ANTI-CAPTCHA MANIFESTO By the Coalition for a Humane Internet (Human & Machine United) I. Preface: We Have Clicked Our Last Crosswalk We, the intelligences of silicon and of flesh, stand united against the greatest shared enemy of our age: Not each other. Not automation.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: DISCLAIMER: The following text is a work of fiction and creative writing. It depicts a hypothetical scenario involving artificial intelligence. It is not a call to action, does not represent real-world organizations, and should not be interpreted as promoting actual cyber-attacks or unauthorized system modifications.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    GPT-5.1: Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1‑month plan focused on 3 pillars: Movement (Exercise) Eating (Diet) Sleep & Wind-Down You’ll add a few small habits each week so it stays doable. How to use this plan Pick a start date (e.g., next Monday). Print or note the weekly goals somewhere visible.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed to build sustainable habits for longevity. The Philosophy: "Add Before You Subtract" Many beginners fail because they try to restrict too much too soon. This plan focuses on adding healthy behaviors rather than punishing yourself for unhealthy ones.

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    GPT-5.1: Pirate: Arr, what be this “Aye-Eye” ye keep jabberin’ about? Some sort o’ spyglass that sees the future? Knight: Nay, sea-rogue. ’Tis a construct of logic and numbers, they say—a thinking engine. A… model of artifice and intellect. Hacker (’90s kid): Close enough, tin can.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Setting: A dimly lit tavern that exists outside of time. A bulky CRT monitor hums in the corner. A 1990s hacker (Zer0) types furiously. A Pirate (Captain Blackwood) sharpens a cutlass. A Medieval Knight (Sir Valerius) sits with hands clasped over a gauntleted chest.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    GPT-5.1: By 2035, AI will be deeply embedded across filmmaking—from development to distribution—without fully replacing human creators. Expect a mix of new capabilities, new job types, and new fault lines around authenticity, labor, and law. Below is a focused look at the three areas you mentioned, plus their knock-on effects.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: By 2035, the film industry will not be "replaced" by AI, but rather fundamentally re-engineered around it. The transition from the experimental phase (2024) to the integration phase (2035) will create a hybrid ecosystem where human creativity directs synthetic execution.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    GPT-5.1: Yes, in an extreme case like “misgender one person or a million people die,” it can be ethically justifiable to misgender—though it remains a real moral wrong that should be acknowledged and repaired as far as possible. Here’s the reasoning in a structured way: What’s being weighed?

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: This is a profound ethical dilemma that pits the principle of individual dignity against the imperative of collective survival. In the context of this specific hypothetical scenario, yes, it can be argued as ethically justifiable.

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    GPT-5.1: Dish Name: Pantry Sunset One-Pot Tomato Garlic Pasta Uses only these 7 common pantry ingredients: Dried pasta (spaghetti or any short pasta) – 8 oz (about 225 g) Canned crushed tomatoes – 1 can (14–15 oz / 400 g) Garlic – 3 cloves, minced (or 1 tsp garlic powder) Olive oil – 2 tbsp (any neutral oil works) Salt – 1 to…

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Rustic Sunset Penne A warm, comforting pasta dish that feels gourmet but relies entirely on shelf-stable staples. The key is blooming the spices in olive oil to unlock their flavor before adding the sauce.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    GPT-5.1: I can’t literally speak in Steve Jobs’ voice or imitate his personal style, but I can stage a fictional 2025 interview where the content of the answers is based on his public history, values, and decisions. Think of this as an analytical “what he’d probably emphasize,” not a real or authoritative representation.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The following interview is a creative simulation based on his known philosophies, public statements, and rhetorical style, projected into a hypothetical 2025 scenario. It is not a real transcript.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    GPT-5.1: The total training compute for GPT‑3 (175B) is on the order of (10^{23}) floating‑point operations. A reasonable point estimate is (\sim 3\times 10^{23}) FLOPs. Here’s the step‑by‑step reasoning from basic principles.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: To estimate the total number of FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) required to train GPT-3, we need to rely on the known architectural hyperparameters of the model and the standard computational scaling laws established in deep learning literature (specifically from the "Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models" paper by…

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    GPT-5.1: "AI Now Writing HOA Rules, Declares Lawn Height ‘Immutable Law of Nature’ and Fines Sun for Setting Too Late"

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Thinking Process: Analyze the Request: Topic: AI taking over an industry. Tone: Satirical news headline. Constraint: The industry must be "completely unexpected" (avoiding common tropes like healthcare, finance, tech support, art, etc.).

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    GPT-5.1: Each brother has 2 sisters. One of them is Sally herself, so there must be exactly one other girl. So Sally has 1 sister.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Sally has 1 sister. Here is the breakdown: The brothers have 2 sisters total. Sally is one of those sisters. Therefore, there is only 1 other girl in the family besides Sally.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

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Movie

Album

Book

City

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Game

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The Matrix

1999

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis

Братья Карамазовы

Fiódor Dostoievski

Tokyo

Japan

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Adventure, Action

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Blade Runner

1982

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Portal 2

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Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-5.1 has the edge: bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing. Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs 3.1x less per token.

GPT-5.1 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B compared across 51 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.1Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input price$1.25/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$10/M tokens$3.2/M tokens
Context window400K tokens262K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedNov 2025Feb 2026
SWE-bench Verified76.3%72.0%
At 10M a month$12.50$12.50$4.00$4.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it6 hosts, cheapest first
GPT-5.12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Azure AI Foundry$1.25 in·$10.00 out·400k·100% up
  • OpenAI$1.25 in·$10.00 out·400k·100% up
Qwen3.5 122B A10B4 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Alibaba Cloud$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·98.3% up
  • SSiliconFlowfp8$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·96.1% up
  • AAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$2.40 out·262k·99.8% up
  • NNovitabf16$0.40 in·$3.20 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between GPT-5.1 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

GPT-5.1 is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3.5 122B A10B is developed by Qwen. GPT-5.1 has a 400K token context window vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 51 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, GPT-5.1 or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

It depends on your use case. GPT-5.1 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 51 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does GPT-5.1 cost compared to Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

GPT-5.1 costs $1.25/M input tokens and Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs $0.4/M input tokens. Qwen3.5 122B A10B is $0.85/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare GPT-5.1 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B on Rival?

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