GPT-5.4 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare GPT-5.4 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.4
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5.4 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 16x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.4
Input
$2.50
Output
$15.00
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
16× cheaper
Output
$0.97
16× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 16× input, 16× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 160.3x more emoji
GPT-5.4
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
54%Vocabulary59%
28wSentence Length15w
0.69Hedging0.31
4.1Bold4.9
8.1Lists2.7
0.00Emoji1.60
1.84Headings0.75
0.02Transitions0.05
Based on 22 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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