GPT-5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare GPT-5 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 262K, tested across 51 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
2.1× cheaper
Output
$3.60
2.8× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on both — 2.1× input, 2.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 22.8x more emoji
GPT-5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
65%Vocabulary54%
13wSentence Length14w
0.20Hedging0.39
0.2Bold6.9
4.6Lists4.2
0.00Emoji0.23
0.16Headings0.93
0.03Transitions0.17
Based on 16 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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