OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen Plus 0728
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen Plus 0728 by Qwen, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen Plus 0728
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen Plus 0728 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Qwen Plus 0728 is 3.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o4-mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
Qwen Plus 0728
Input
$0.40
2.8× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.7× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 is cheaper on both — 2.8× input, 3.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
27%
Qwen Plus 0728 uses 595.0x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen Plus 0728
73%Vocabulary55%
15wSentence Length20w
0.18Hedging0.43
0.0Bold5.9
2.1Lists4.1
0.00Emoji0.68
0.00Headings0.84
0.02Transitions0.16
Based on 10 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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