OpenAI o3 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare OpenAI o3 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
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 Thinking 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 Thinking
Input
$1.20
8.3× cheaper
Output
$6.00
6.7× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is cheaper on both — 8.3× input, 6.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
74%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 137.1x more emoji
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
68%Vocabulary61%
14wSentence Length15w
0.26Hedging0.23
0.7Bold5.2
3.0Lists3.9
0.00Emoji1.37
0.38Headings1.22
0.12Transitions0.04
Based on 16 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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