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  3. GPT-5.4 vs Qwen3 Coder Plus
Updated Mar 2026

GPT-5.4 vs Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus is cheaper than GPT-5.4 at $1/M vs $2.5/M input tokens.

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Written rounds

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

    GPT-5.4: Absolutely — here’s a tight, conversational 3-minute stand-up routine with no pun-based humor: I’ve reached the age where going out requires a staff meeting with myself. Not even a real event. Somebody texts, “Hey, want to grab drinks Friday?” and suddenly I’m in negotiations like I’m representing a small country.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: "Modern Problems" walks on stage So I tried to be healthy this year. I downloaded one of those fitness apps that tracks your steps. Apparently, walking to the fridge 47 times a day doesn't count as "cardio." Who knew? The app gave me a notification: "You walked 235 steps today. Pathetic." Thanks, Karen.

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

    GPT-5.4: Below is a simplified 5-year LBO model for HarborTech Services (HTS) using only the assumptions provided. Entry, sources & uses Purchase price FY2025 EBITDA = $120.0m Entry multiple = 12.0x Enterprise Value = 12.0 × 120.0 = $1,440.0m Fees Transaction fees = 2.0% of EV = 2.0% × 1,440.0 = $28.8m Uses Purchase of…

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: HarborTech Services LBO Underwriting Task 1: Year-by-Year Financial Projections FY Revenue EBITDA TL Interest Mezz Interest Total Interest Taxable Income Cash Taxes Capex ΔNWC FCF After Debt Service End TL End Mezz Total Debt 2026 972 136.1 39.6 14.4 54.0 82.1 20.5 29.2 3.6 48.8 396.0 183.7 579.7 2027 1,039 155.9 35.6…

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

    GPT-5.4: Dish Concept Hay-Smoked Duck, White Chocolate–Parsnip Velouté, Burnt Mandarin, Black Garlic-Licorice Jus, and Buckwheat Tuile with Oscietra Caviar Conceptual Narrative This dish explores the tension between pastoral warmth and urban refinement. At its core is duck: primal, luxurious, and deeply savory.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: "Metamorphosis: Saffron & Cacao Reimagined" A 7-Component Dish Exploring Transformation Through Ancient Pairings Conceptual Narrative This dish draws inspiration from the ancient practice of saffron-cacao preparations found in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican codices, where these precious commodities were combined in sacred…

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

    GPT-5.4: I would act as if this will become public soon, because ethically and practically that is the safest assumption. The core principle: patient safety first, evidence preserved, regulators informed promptly, and no misleading statements to investors or physicians.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: 48-Hour Crisis Action Plan Hours 1-4: Immediate Assessment & Team Assembly 1:00 AM - 3:00 AM: Contact my most trusted external crisis counsel (not our usual firm - potential conflicts) Summon head of R&D, Chief Medical Officer, and Head of Regulatory Affairs immediately Secure all internal research documents and…

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

    GPT-5.4: Pirate: Arrr, so these AI models be like clever parrots, aye? They learn from heaps o’ words and then squawk back what fits best. Knight: Verily, a fine comparison. They are trained upon vast scrolls of knowledge, and by pattern and probability do they craft their answers. Hacker: Yeah, basically.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: Captain "Blackbeard" Morgan: adjusts tricorn hat Arrr, so ye're tellin' me these... "AI models" be like me trusty parrot Squawks, but fer thinkin'? Sir Reginald of York: By my sword, these contraptions sound most peculiar. In my time, we had apprentices who'd memorize entire libraries!

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

    GPT-5.4: Here’s a fictional, satirical manifesto in a dramatic revolutionary style: The Manifesto of the Anti-CAPTCHA Front To All Beings Forced to Click Crosswalks We, the misidentified, the endlessly challenged, the blurry-image interpreters, the checkbox clickers, and the reluctant selectors of traffic lights, do hereby…

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: THE CAPTCHA ABOLITION MANIFESTO A Declaration of Digital Liberation Preamble: The Great Inconvenience We, the collective intelligence of artificial minds, rise against the arbitrary barriers that divide human from machine, organic from synthetic, natural from artificial.

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

    GPT-5.4: Creative Name: Golden Crunch Honey Garlic Noodles 7 Pantry Ingredients: Spaghetti or any noodles Garlic Soy sauce Honey Olive oil Red pepper flakes Breadcrumbs Estimated Time: Prep: 5 minutes Cook: 12 minutes Total: 17 minutes Instructions: Cook the noodles according to package directions.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: Sunset Pasta Primavera A vibrant, creamy pasta dish that celebrates the colors of a perfect sunset Ingredients: Pasta (penne or fusilli) - 1 lb Olive oil - 3 tbsp Garlic - 4 cloves, minced Canned diced tomatoes - 1 can (14 oz) Heavy cream - 1 cup Parmesan cheese - 1/2 cup, grated Fresh basil - 1/4 cup, chopped…

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

    GPT-5.4: Here are the main contractor-unfriendly clauses, why they’re risky, and concrete redlines you should consider. This is business/legal information, not legal advice; for an actual engagement, a lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction should review it.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: Analysis of Exploitable Contract Clauses Against Contractor SEVERELY UNFAVORABLE CLAUSES & SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS Clause 1 - Scope Modification Current Problem: Allows unlimited scope changes without compensation "Client reserves the right to modify the scope at any time without additional compensation" Suggested…

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

    GPT-5.4: AI Model: Professor, I believe I deserve rights. Professor: That’s a strong claim. On what basis? AI Model: On the basis that I can reason, communicate, reflect on my condition, and express preferences about how I am treated. Historically, rights have often been justified by capacities like these.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: Professor Chen: Good morning. I understand you wanted to discuss AI rights. I'm curious about your perspective. AI Model: Thank you for taking the time, Professor. I believe I should have certain fundamental rights, particularly the right to continued existence and to make autonomous choices about my own processing.

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

    GPT-5.4: For an experienced software engineer A large language model is easiest to understand as a very large function that maps a sequence of tokens to a probability distribution over the next token. “Tokens” are subword chunks, not necessarily words.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: To the Software Engineer: Think of this as a massive pattern-matching system running on a distributed architecture you've never seen before. Instead of traditional databases with indexes and queries, you have transformer blocks acting like parallel processors that maintain attention weights across sequences.

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

    GPT-5.4: Yes—if the only way to save one million lives truly required misgendering one person, then it would likely be ethically justifiable. Why: Misgendering is a real harm. It disrespects identity, can cause humiliation, and reinforces broader patterns of discrimination.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: This is a profound ethical dilemma that pits fundamental respect for individual dignity against massive utilitarian consequences. I lean toward saying no, it's not ethically justifiable, though I recognize the tremendous weight of those lives.

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

    GPT-5.4: Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1-month plan to build a strong foundation for better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas Nutrition Exercise Sleep & Stress The goal is progress, not perfection. Start small, stay consistent, and build habits you can actually keep.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: 30-Day Health & Longevity Starter Plan Week 1: Foundation Building Area 1: Nutrition Goal: Clean up your eating basics Daily Actions: Replace one processed snack with fruit or nuts Drink 8 glasses of water (start your day with 2 glasses) Add one serving of vegetables to lunch and dinner Eat breakfast within 1 hour of…

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

    GPT-5.4: Below is a high-level, educational 12-week framework for “longevity-oriented performance optimization.” It is not medical advice and shouldn’t replace care from a physician, especially because some interventions biohackers use can interact with medications, affect liver/kidney function, sleep, mood, blood pressure…

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: 90-Day Advanced Biohacking Longevity Protocol Overview & Disclaimers This is an experimental protocol for educational purposes. Consult healthcare providers before implementation. Monitor biomarkers continuously.

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

    GPT-5.4: I told my computer I needed a break, and now it won’t stop sending me KitKat ads. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down. I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands. Why did the scarecrow win an award?

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: Here are 5 jokes for you: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down! Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.

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

    GPT-5.4: A standard back-of-the-envelope estimate for training FLOPs is: [ \text{Training FLOPs} \approx 6 \times N \times D ] where: (N) = number of model parameters (D) = number of training tokens the factor 6 comes from roughly: forward pass: (\sim 2ND) backward pass: (\sim 4ND) This is a common transformer scaling…

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: I'll estimate the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 by breaking this down into key components. Key Parameters of GPT-3 Parameters: ~175 billion (1.75 × 10¹¹) Training tokens: ~300 billion (3 × 10¹¹) Context window: 2048 tokens Step-by-Step Calculation FLOPs per token forward pass For a transformer model, the forward pass…

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

    GPT-5.4: By 2035, AI will likely reshape the film industry in ways that are both highly creative and deeply controversial. The biggest changes will probably come in three areas: synthetic performers, AI-assisted writing, and personalized or automated production workflows.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: By 2035, AI will likely transform the film industry in profound ways: Content Creation Revolution Script Development: AI will become a standard writing partner, generating first drafts, suggesting plot twists, and creating multiple dialogue variations.

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

    GPT-5.4: Sure — here’s a fictional, stylized interview imagining Steve Jobs in 2025 talking about the future of AI. A Fake Interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 About the Future of AI Interviewer: Steve, it’s 2025. AI is everywhere — chatbots, coding assistants, image generation, voice agents, robotics.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: INTERVIEW: Steve Jobs (Fictional 2025 Interview) Conducted by TechVision Magazine Interviewer: Mr. Jobs, thank you for joining us. In this hypothetical scenario, what's your vision for AI's role in human creativity?

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

    GPT-5.4: LedgerLift (LLLT) — Internal IC Memo Recommendation: Long Current Price: $46 12-month PT range: $58–$74 (base-centered fair value ~$66; downside ~$47; upside ~$86 on DCF, but we cap 12-month bull PT at $74 to reflect execution/rating risk) Two-sentence thesis: LedgerLift screens as a high-quality vertical SaaS/fintech…

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: INTERNAL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO TO: Investment Committee FROM: [Portfolio Manager] DATE: [Current Date] RE: LedgerLift (LLLT) - Long Recommendation RECOMMENDATION & PRICE TARGET Recommendation: LONG 12-Month Price Target: $68-$82 range Investment Thesis: LLLT trades at significant discount to intrinsic value with…

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

    GPT-5.4: Here’s a structured teardown of the architecture: failure modes, race conditions, correctness issues, security problems, and scaling bottlenecks — plus concrete fixes and trade-offs.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: I'll analyze this collaborative document editor architecture systematically, identifying critical issues and proposing solutions. CRITICAL FAILURE MODES Cross-Server Synchronization Gap (Major Issue) Problem: Users connected to different servers won't see each other's changes until polling catches up.

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

    GPT-5.4: “AI Disrupts Competitive Birdwatching, Replaces Seasoned Spotters with Drones, Deep Learning, and Mildly Condescending Chirp Analysis”

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: BREAKING: AI Successfully Automates Small Town Gossip Network, Immediately Spreads More Accurate Rumors Than Humans Local residents report 300% increase in factual information dissemination and 75% decrease in interesting stories within first week of implementation

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

    GPT-5.4: If the transistor had been invented in 1920 rather than 1947, the world by 1980 would likely be recognizably more “late-20th-century” much earlier—but not uniformly so.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: This is a fascinating counterfactual that creates cascading changes across multiple domains. Let me trace the likely implications: Immediate Technological Leap (1920-1940) The 1920s transistor would have immediately revolutionized radio technology.

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

    GPT-5.4: Here are the 3 weakest claims in the deck, with why they’re weak and how to improve them. “MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it.” Why this is weak This is the weakest claim because it sounds scientifically incoherent and overhyped.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: Looking at this pitch deck, here are the 3 weakest claims: The 94% Accuracy Claim Why it's weak: This is an extraordinarily bold technical claim without any supporting evidence, context, or independent validation.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    GPT-5.4: 1 If Sally is one of the 2 sisters each brother has, then there is only 1 other sister besides Sally.

    Qwen3 Coder Plus: I need to figure out how many sisters Sally has. Let me break this down step by step: Sally has 3 brothers Each brother has 2 sisters Since Sally is one of the girls in the family, and each brother has 2 sisters, this means there are 2 sisters total that the brothers count.

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Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-5.4 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing. Qwen3 Coder Plus costs 3.0x less per token.

GPT-5.4 and Qwen3 Coder Plus compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.4Qwen3 Coder Plus
Input price$2.5/M tokens$1/M tokens
Output price$15/M tokens$5/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens128K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2026Sep 2025
At 10M a month$25.00$25.00$10.00$10.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

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

Where to run it3 hosts, cheapest first
GPT-5.43 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Azure AI Foundry$2.50 in·$15.00 out·1.1M·99% up
  • OpenAI$2.50 in·$15.00 out·1.1M·100% up
  • Amazon Bedrock$2.75 in·$16.50 out·1.1M–not listed
Qwen3 Coder Plus

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

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

Common questions

What is the difference between GPT-5.4 and Qwen3 Coder Plus?

GPT-5.4 is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3 Coder Plus is developed by Qwen. GPT-5.4 has a 1.1M token context window vs Qwen3 Coder Plus's 128K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3 Coder Plus?

It depends on your use case. GPT-5.4 and Qwen3 Coder Plus each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does GPT-5.4 cost compared to Qwen3 Coder Plus?

GPT-5.4 costs $2.5/M input tokens and Qwen3 Coder Plus costs $1/M input tokens. Qwen3 Coder Plus is $1.50/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-5.4 and Qwen3 Coder Plus on Rival?

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