GPT-5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Compare GPT-5 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 262K, tested across 51 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is 5.0x 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
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Input
$0.25
5.0× cheaper
Output
$2.00
5.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 5.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
54%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B uses 36.3x more bold
GPT-5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
65%Vocabulary51%
13wSentence Length15w
0.20Hedging0.39
0.2Bold6.8
4.6Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.00
0.16Headings0.84
0.03Transitions0.14
Based on 16 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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