OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 235B A22B by Qwen, in 1 community votes, qwen3 235b a22b wins 100% of head-to-head duels, tested across 34 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.

Which is better, OpenAI o4-mini or Qwen3 235B A22B?

Qwen3 235B A22B is the better choice overall, winning 100% of 1 blind community votes on Rival. Compare their real outputs side by side below.

Key Differences Between OpenAI o4-mini and Qwen3 235B A22B

OpenAI o4-mini is made by openai while Qwen3 235B A22B is from qwen. In community voting, In 1 community votes, Qwen3 235B A22B wins 100% of head-to-head duels.

In 1 community votes, Qwen3 235B A22B wins 100% of head-to-head duels. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 1+ human preference judgments for this pair.

Our Verdict
Qwen3 235B A22B
Qwen3 235B A22BWinner
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Pick Qwen3 235B A22B. In 1 blind votes, Qwen3 235B A22B wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.

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97%

OpenAI o4-mini uses 18.3x more hedging

OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen3 235B A22B
73%Vocabulary68%
15wSentence Length9w
0.18Hedging0.00
0.0Bold5.8
2.1Lists3.7
0.00Emoji0.74
0.00Headings0.00
0.02Transitions0.12
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