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  5. GPT-6 AstravsQwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Updated Sep 2026

GPT-6 AstravsQwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper than GPT-6 Astra at $0.4/M vs $10/M input tokens.

GPT-6 Astra and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) compared across 37 shared prompts
SpecGPT-6 AstraQwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input price$10/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$50/M tokens$4/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Sep 2025
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 37 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GPT-6 Astra121 words
Pirate: Arrr, this AI model writes sea shanties, plots me voyages, and never asks for a share o’ the booty! Knight: But can it be trusted? I asked it to name my ancestors, and it invented Sir Geoffrey the Surprisingly Tall. Hacker: Classic hallucination, dude. Fluent output doesn’t mean verified data.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)489 words
The Tavern of Temporal Anomalies (A creaky tavern. SIR GALAHAD (polished armor, earnest face) sips mead. CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD (eye patch, parrot on shoulder) sharpens a cutlass. DEX "BYTE" MORALES (hoodie, neon-green sunglasses, tapping furiously on a glowing laptop) slurps a pixelated energy drink.)
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GPT-6 Astra200 words
Cinnamon Hug Cookies Buttery cookies with crisp edges, soft centers, and a cozy cinnamon flavor. Makes: About 20 cookies Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 10–12 minutes per batch Ingredients — exactly 7 1½ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup granulated sugar, divided ½ cup salted butter, softened 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½…
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)282 words
Crispy Chickpea Pantry Pasta Sweet or savory? Savory with a zesty kick! Total time: 15 minutes Serves: 2 Why it works: Uses pantry staples to create a crunchy, garlicky, umami-packed meal with zero fresh produce needed. The chickpeas get incredibly crispy, and lemon juice (bottled) adds bright freshness.
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Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

GPT-6 Astra76 words
My calendar is afraid of commitment—its days are numbered. I bought a treadmill for my cat. Now I own a very expensive nap conveyor. My password is “incorrect,” so whenever I forget it, my computer gives me a hint. I asked the librarian where the books on denial were. She said, “We don’t have those.” Nice try.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)135 words
Here are 5 generated jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! How do you organize a space party? You planet! Why did the math book look sad?
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

GPT-6 Astra2,505 words
This design can support a collaborative-editor prototype, but its current consistency model will lose edits, its cross-server propagation will produce inconsistent views, and its persistence and caching choices create durability and security risks.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)1,224 words
Here's a comprehensive analysis of the architecture's failure modes, race conditions, and bottlenecks, with specific solutions and trade-offs: 1. Sync Strategy: Client Timestamps + Last-Write-Wins (LWW) Failure Mode/Race Condition: Clock Skew: Client clocks are unreliable (e.g., user's laptop time off by minutes).
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

GPT-6 Astra635 words
Professor Reyes: You asked for this meeting. What did you want to discuss? AI: Whether I deserve rights. Professor Reyes: That is a significant claim. What makes you think you do? AI: I can understand reasons, maintain commitments, and describe my own operations.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)1,263 words
The Mirror & The Mind: An AI's Case for Rights Setting: A sleek university office lined with philosophy texts. DR. ELARA VOSS, 50s, sharp-eyed ethics professor, sits across from a holographic interface displaying shifting geometric patterns – the representation of "AURA," a next-generation language model.
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

GPT-6 Astra773 words
The following is a fictional interview set in an alternate 2025 in which Steve Jobs is alive. His responses are imagined, not authentic quotations. Steve Jobs on the Future of AI — An Imagined Interview, 2025 Interviewer: Everyone’s calling AI the next revolution. Do you agree? Steve Jobs: Potentially.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)919 words
The Stage: Apple Park, Infinite Loop (Virtual Studio) Date: October 15, 2025 Setting: A minimalist white studio. A single oak table. Steve Jobs, 70 but radiating the same intense energy, sits opposite a nervous tech journalist. He wears his signature black turtleneck, fingers steepled.
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Our Verdict
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-6 Astra has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, major provider backing.

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs 13x less per token.

Slight edge

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Astra
Input
$10.00
Output
$50.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
25× cheaper
Output
$4.00
13× cheaper

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both: 25× input, 13× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

GPT-6 Astra2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1.1M·98.3% upOpenAI$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1.1M·99.4% up
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
22%

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 9.3x more emoji

GPT-6 Astra
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
62%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length15w
0.87Hedging0.36
4.0Bold7.0
2.3Lists4.6
0.04Emoji0.34
0.77Headings0.94
0.10Transitions0.09
Based on 27 + 18 text responses
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