GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.6 Sol
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5.6 Sol has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, major provider backing.
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is 7.5x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.6 Sol
Input
$5.00
Output
$30.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
13× cheaper
Output
$4.00
7.5× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 13× input, 7.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
31%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 10.3x more emoji
GPT-5.6 Sol
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
63%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length15w
0.79Hedging0.36
3.4Bold7.0
3.8Lists4.6
0.03Emoji0.34
0.95Headings0.94
0.08Transitions0.09
Based on 27 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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