GPT-5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash
Compare GPT-5 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 1.0M, tested across 51 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash is 25x 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 Flash
Input
$0.10
13× cheaper
Output
$0.40
25× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash is cheaper on both — 13× input, 25× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash uses 2.5x more emoji
GPT-5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash
65%Vocabulary50%
13wSentence Length14w
0.20Hedging0.35
0.2Bold6.9
4.6Lists4.2
0.00Emoji0.03
0.16Headings1.00
0.03Transitions0.15
Based on 16 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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