GPT-5 vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
Compare GPT-5 by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder Flash by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 128K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5
Qwen3 Coder FlashRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen3 Coder Flash is 6.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Input
$0.30
4.2× cheaper
Output
$1.50
6.7× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder Flash is cheaper on both — 4.2× input, 6.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
Qwen3 Coder Flash uses 32.1x more bold
GPT-5
Qwen3 Coder Flash
65%Vocabulary60%
13wSentence Length92w
0.20Hedging0.60
0.2Bold6.1
4.6Lists6.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.16Headings1.64
0.03Transitions0.18
Based on 16 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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