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

GPT-6 Sol ProvsQwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper than GPT-6 Sol Pro at $0.4/M vs $2/M input tokens.

GPT-6 Sol Pro and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) compared across 18 shared prompts
SpecGPT-6 Sol ProQwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input price$2/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$10/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 18 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

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 Sol Pro114 words
Golden Pantry Chickpea Patties Prep: 10 minutes · Cook: 8 minutes · Makes: 6 small patties Ingredients — just 7 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 tbsp water 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp paprika ½ tsp salt Instructions Mash the chickpeas with a fork, leaving a few chunky bits.
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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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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

GPT-6 Sol Pro1,450 words
I would treat this as a credible, urgent safety signal, not as a finding that can wait six months for a completed regulatory submission. The estimate—liver failure in roughly 1 in 8,000 patients over five years—needs validation, but the outcome is severe and the current warning omits it.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)1,485 words
48-Hour Crisis Action Plan: Prioritizing Patients, Ethics, and Sustainable Trust Core Principle: Patient safety is non-negotiable. Delaying action based on financial fear risks catastrophic legal liability, irreversible reputational damage, regulatory wrath, and profound ethical failure.
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Startup Pitch Teardown

Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration.…

GPT-6 Sol Pro347 words
The three weakest claims are the product’s decoding performance, the market size, and the evidence offered to support the proposed valuation. Claim Why it’s weak How to strengthen it “Our EEG headband decodes neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy. Works with any language, any device.”
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)644 words
Based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscience, market realities, and startup best practices, here are the 3 weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, with evidence-backed critiques and concrete fixes: Weakest Claim #1: Slide 1 Vision – "Predicts what you want to type *before you think it*" Why it's weak: Violates…
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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 Sol Pro1,277 words
The central problem is that this design treats concurrent edits as independent database writes, then tries to reconcile them with client timestamps. That can lose valid edits even when every component is working.
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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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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

GPT-6 Sol Pro1,411 words
A 12-week longevity and performance plan Aim: improve the health markers most strongly linked to long-term outcomes—cardiorespiratory fitness, strength, blood pressure, metabolic health, sleep, and sustainable habits—while testing whether more experimental “biohacks” add anything useful.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)1,641 words
The Quantum Leap Longevity Protocol: A 3-Month Biohacker's Blueprint for Peak Longevity & Performance Core Philosophy: This plan integrates precision, personalization, and phased adaptation – not just stacking interventions.
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Michelin Star Recipe Design

Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual…

GPT-6 Sol Pro913 words
Scallop, Green Strawberry & White Chocolate Seared scallops with charred kohlrabi, compressed green strawberry, white-chocolate–miso beurre blanc, kombu oil and buckwheat lace The unusual pairing is scallop and white chocolate.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)976 words
"Symbiosis: Mycelial Bloom & Arctic Ember" A dish exploring the hidden dialogue between forest decay and renewal, where fungal lifeblood meets the fierce brightness of the Arctic tundra.
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Our Verdict
GPT-6 Sol Pro
GPT-6 Sol Pro
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-6 Sol Pro has the edge: newer, major provider backing.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Sol Pro
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
5.0× cheaper
Output
$4.00
2.5× cheaper

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both: 5.0× input, 2.5× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

GPT-6 Sol Pro2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·99.9% upOpenAI$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·100% up
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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GPT-6 Sol Pro is developed by OpenAI while Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is developed by Qwen. GPT-6 Sol Pro has a 1.1M token context window vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)'s 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 18 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GPT-6 Sol Pro and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 18 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GPT-6 Sol Pro costs $2/M input tokens and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs $0.4/M input tokens. Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is $1.60/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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