OpenAI o3 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Compare OpenAI o3 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max by Qwen, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3 Max is 6.7x 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: Qwen3 Max
Input
$1.20
8.3× cheaper
Output
$6.00
6.7× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max is cheaper on both — 8.3× input, 6.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
39%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max uses 45.1x more emoji
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
68%Vocabulary60%
14wSentence Length28w
0.26Hedging0.48
0.7Bold5.7
3.0Lists4.1
0.00Emoji0.45
0.38Headings0.78
0.12Transitions0.18
Based on 16 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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