OpenAI o3 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Compare OpenAI o3 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B by Qwen, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI o3 has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is 20x 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: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Input
$0.25
40× cheaper
Output
$2.00
20× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 40× input, 20× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B uses 9.8x more bold
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
68%Vocabulary51%
14wSentence Length15w
0.26Hedging0.39
0.7Bold6.8
3.0Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.00
0.38Headings0.84
0.12Transitions0.14
Based on 16 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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