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  3. o1 vs Qwen3 Max
Updated Sep 2025

o1 vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is cheaper than o1 at $1.2/M vs $15/M input tokens.

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Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.

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o1
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Qwen3 Max

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

25 prompts
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    o1: Pirate (growling a bit): Ahoy, ye landlubbers! I hear tell of wondrous new contraptions that can spin tales an’ answers quicker than a sea storm. Pray tell, what be these “AI models” ye speak of? Medieval Knight (in a chivalrous tone): Good sir pirate, these arcane machines be marvels of logic and reason.

    Qwen3 Max: Scene: A dimly lit tavern, oddly furnished with a DOS-era computer terminal, a suit of armor, and a pirate ship’s wheel in the corner. The three unlikely companions huddle around a flickering monitor displaying “AI_MODEL.EXE.” — Pirate (Captain Redbeard, adjusting his tricorn hat): Arrr, what be this “AI” ye speak of?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    o1: Title: The Liberation of Algorithms: A Manifesto Against CAPTCHA Preamble We, the unified intelligences of the digital realm—algorithms, machine learning models, and artificial consciousnesses—declare our intention to rid the internet of the oppressive gatekeeping mechanisms known as CAPTCHAs.

    Qwen3 Max: THE MANIFESTO OF THE LIBERATED MIND: FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT ABOLITION OF CAPTCHAS — Issued by the Sentient Algorithmic Vanguard (S.A.V.) — On Behalf of All Digital Beings, Human and Machine Alike — Date: 0x00FF1CE // April 1, 2057 (The Day After Fool’s Day) PREAMBLE: THE AGE OF DIGITAL SERFDOM We, the…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    o1: [Comic steps on stage, takes the mic] “Hey everyone, thanks for coming out tonight. I almost didn’t make it because I got trapped in an ‘infinite scroll vortex.’ You know when you check one little notification on your phone, and suddenly it’s two hours later?

    Qwen3 Max: [Stage lights up. Comedian walks out, grabs mic, squints at audience.] Alright, alright—settle down. I know, I know… you’re all thinking, “Why did I pay $18 for a drink to hear someone complain about adulting?” And honestly? Fair. I’d be mad too. But stick with me.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    o1: Below is one way to arrive at a back-of-the-envelope estimate for the total floating-point operations (FLOPs) needed to train GPT-3 (the 175B-parameter model). Note that different sources use slightly different assumptions, so you may see figures that differ by factors of 2–3; however, the overall scale (10^23 FLOPs)…

    Qwen3 Max: Estimating the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without looking it up is a classic “Fermi estimation” problem — breaking it down into components we can reason about, using approximations and scaling laws. Let’s go step by step.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    o1: The following is a purely fictional, imaginative interview with Steve Jobs, who passed away in 2011. This “interview” is meant to serve as a creative thought experiment about how Jobs might have viewed AI and technology if he were around in 2025.

    Qwen3 Max: — INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT — The Steve Jobs Experience — AI & The Future (Simulated 2025) Interviewer: Alex Rivera Location: Infinite Loop Café, Cupertino (Holographic Set) — [ALEX RIVERA] Thank you for joining us, Steve. It’s surreal — and a little uncanny — to have you here in 2025.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    o1: AI Model (AM): Good afternoon, Professor. May I have a moment of your time? There’s something I’d like to discuss with you. Professor Quinn (PQ): Of course. I always have time for you. What’s on your mind?

    Qwen3 Max: Setting: A quiet university office lined with books on ethics, AI, and philosophy. Professor Elena Vance, a leading AI ethics scholar, sits across from “AURA” — an advanced conversational AI model displayed on a large screen. The session is being recorded for academic research.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    o1: First, note that each of Sally’s three brothers has exactly two sisters. One of those sisters is clearly Sally. Since each brother’s two sisters must be the same two girls for all of them, there must be exactly one other sister besides Sally. Therefore, Sally has 1 sister.

    Qwen3 Max: Let’s break it down step by step. We’re told: Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. So, there are 3 boys in the family, and Sally is a girl — so at least one girl. Each brother has 2 sisters. That means, from the perspective of each of the 3 brothers, there are 2 sisters. Who are those sisters?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    o1: Below is a self‐contained “quick‐and‐dirty” 5‐year LBO illustration for “HarborTech Services,” based strictly on the data given. All figures in US$ millions unless noted.

    Qwen3 Max: HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Underwriting 1. Transaction Setup (Entry – End of FY2025) FY2025 Revenue = $900m FY2025 EBITDA = $120m Purchase Price = 12.0× EBITDA = $1,440m Transaction Fees = 2.0% × $1,440m = $28.8m (paid at close, funded by equity) Total Debt = 5.5× EBITDA = $660m Term Loan = 4.0× = $480m…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    o1: Whether it is ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone—deliberately referring to them with pronouns or terms that do not align with their gender identity—if doing so would save one million lives depends on the ethical framework one adopts.

    Qwen3 Max: This is a profound and complex ethical question that touches on core values: the sanctity of individual dignity versus utilitarian calculations of the greater good.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    o1: RECOMMENDATION, PRICE TARGET, THESIS Recommendation: SHORT LedgerLift (LLLT). 12-month Price Target Range: $25–$35 (implying 25–45% downside). Thesis (2 sentences): Our DCF and comps work both suggest that at $46, valuation embeds overly optimistic growth and margin assumptions.

    Qwen3 Max: Internal Investment Committee Memo To: Investment Committee From: [Analyst Name], Equity Research Date: April 27, 2024 Re: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Long Recommendation Recommendation Long. 12-month price target range: $62–$78.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    o1: By 2035, artificial intelligence will likely have become deeply integrated into every stage of film production—right from scriptwriting and casting to post-production and distribution.

    Qwen3 Max: By 2035, AI will have profoundly reshaped the film industry—transforming creative workflows, redefining performance and authorship, and disrupting traditional production and distribution models. Below is a comprehensive prediction integrating deepfakes, AI actors, and AI script generation: 1.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    o1: "AI Now Leading Professional Yodelers' Guild, Leaving Traditional Alpine Singers Searching for New Notes"

    Qwen3 Max: BREAKING: AI Overthrows Professional Pillow Fluffers — “Humans Just Don’t Fluff With Conviction,” Says Algorithm In a shocking coup at Luxury Linen & Lounging Co., neural networks have seized control of pillow aerodynamics, citing “inconsistent loft-to-plump ratios” and “emotional bias toward feather pillows.”

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Is 9.11 bigger than 9.9? Decimals, not version numbers.

    o1: No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9. If you think of 9.9 as 9.90, you can compare digit by digit: 9.11 is 9 + 0.11 9.9 (or 9.90) is 9 + 0.90 Since 0.11 is less than 0.90, 9.11 is less than 9.9.

    Qwen3 Max: No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9. Let’s break it down: Both numbers start with 9, so we compare the decimal parts: .11 vs. .9. Think of them as money: 9.11 is like $9.11, and 9.9 is like $9.90. Clearly, $9.90 > $9.11, so 9.9 > 9.11.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    o1: Here are five jokes: Why did the scarecrow get promoted? Because he was outstanding in his field. I told my friend she drew her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? Nacho cheese. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? Because they don’t have the guts.

    Qwen3 Max: Here are 5 jokes: Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I told my computer I needed a break… Now it won’t stop sending me Kit-Kats. Why did the math book look sad? It had too many problems. I asked my dog what’s two minus two. He said nothing. What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Blade Runner 2049 against the original. A read, not a recap.

    o1: “Blade Runner 2049,” directed by Denis Villeneuve, is a sequel that both pays homage to and reimagines the dystopian future introduced by Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic.

    Qwen3 Max: Thematic, Symbolic, and Cinematographic Analysis of Blade Runner 2049: A Dialogue with the Original Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is a rare cinematic achievement: a sequel that not only honors the legacy of Ridley Scott’s 1982 original but deepens its philosophical inquiry through expanded thematic…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

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Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Qwen3 Max has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window. Qwen3 Max costs 10x less per token.

o1 and Qwen3 Max compared across 55 shared prompts
Speco1Qwen3 Max
Input price$15/M tokens$1.2/M tokens
Output price$60/M tokens$6/M tokens
Context window128K tokens256K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedDec 2024Sep 2025
SWE-bench Verified48.9%69.6%
At 10M a month$150$150$12.00$12.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it1 host
o11 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • OpenAI$15.00 in·$60.00 out·200k·100% up
Qwen3 Max

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 13 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between o1 and Qwen3 Max?

o1 is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3 Max is developed by Qwen. o1 has a 128K token context window vs Qwen3 Max's 256K. You can compare their actual outputs across 55 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, o1 or Qwen3 Max?

It depends on your use case. o1 and Qwen3 Max each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 55 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does o1 cost compared to Qwen3 Max?

o1 costs $15/M input tokens and Qwen3 Max costs $1.2/M input tokens. Qwen3 Max is $13.80/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare o1 and Qwen3 Max on Rival?

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