OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Compare OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is 50x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Input
$5.00
Output
$30.00
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Input
$0.11
45× cheaper
Output
$0.60
50× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is cheaper on both — 45× input, 50× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
31%
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 uses 16.4x more emoji
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
63%Vocabulary56%
15wSentence Length14w
0.79Hedging0.37
3.4Bold5.7
3.8Lists4.0
0.03Emoji0.54
0.95Headings0.70
0.08Transitions0.14
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Research
What we learned reading every model
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