GPT-5.3-Codex vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare GPT-5.3-Codex by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.3-Codex
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5.3-Codex has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 15x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.3-Codex
Input
$1.75
Output
$14.00
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
11× cheaper
Output
$0.97
15× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 11× input, 15× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
48%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 10.2x more emoji
GPT-5.3-Codex
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
65%Vocabulary59%
23wSentence Length15w
0.51Hedging0.31
6.5Bold4.9
6.2Lists2.7
0.16Emoji1.60
1.90Headings0.75
0.03Transitions0.05
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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