OpenAI o3 vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare OpenAI o3 by OpenAI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI o3 has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o3
Input
$10.00
Output
$40.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
25× cheaper
Output
$4.00
10× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 25× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 34.0x more emoji
OpenAI o3
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
68%Vocabulary54%
14wSentence Length15w
0.26Hedging0.36
0.7Bold7.0
3.0Lists4.6
0.00Emoji0.34
0.38Headings0.94
0.12Transitions0.09
Based on 16 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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