OpenAI o4 Mini High vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare OpenAI o4 Mini High by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 48 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
OpenAI o4 Mini HighRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o4 Mini High
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
1.4× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input
$1.04
1.1× cheaper
Output
$6.24
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview wins input (1.1× cheaper)·OpenAI o4 Mini High wins output (1.4× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
55%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview uses 381.0x more bold
OpenAI o4 Mini High
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
70%Vocabulary62%
18wSentence Length21w
0.33Hedging0.22
0.0Bold3.8
1.3Lists2.9
0.02Emoji1.88
0.00Headings0.62
0.04Transitions0.02
Based on 14 + 26 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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