OpenAI o3 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare OpenAI o3 by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, tested across 48 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is 6.4x 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: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input
$1.04
9.6× cheaper
Output
$6.24
6.4× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper on both — 9.6× input, 6.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview uses 188.4x more emoji
OpenAI o3
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
68%Vocabulary62%
14wSentence Length21w
0.26Hedging0.22
0.7Bold3.8
3.0Lists2.9
0.00Emoji1.88
0.38Headings0.62
0.12Transitions0.02
Based on 16 + 26 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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