GPT-5 vs Qwen3 Coder
Compare GPT-5 by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder by Qwen, in 46 community votes, qwen3 coder wins 86% of head-to-head duels, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Web Design: Qwen3 Coder wins 88% of votes
Reasoning: Qwen3 Coder wins 86% of votes
Conversation: Qwen3 Coder wins 80% of votes
Image Generation: Qwen3 Coder wins 80% of votes
Our Verdict
Qwen3 CoderWinner
GPT-5Runner-up
Pick Qwen3 Coder. In 46 blind votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 86% of the time. That's not luck.
Qwen3 Coder particularly excels in Web Design, Reasoning, Conversation. Qwen3 Coder is 11x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
5.7× cheaper
Output
$0.95
11× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder is cheaper on both — 5.7× input, 11× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
Qwen3 Coder uses 11.6x more emoji
GPT-5
Qwen3 Coder
65%Vocabulary61%
13wSentence Length72w
0.20Hedging0.61
0.2Bold4.7
4.6Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.12
0.16Headings1.43
0.03Transitions0.20
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