OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 by Qwen, tested across 36 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is 5176x 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: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Input
$0.000
7333× cheaper
Output
$0.001
5176× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is cheaper on both — 7333× input, 5176× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
30%
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 uses 594.2x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
73%Vocabulary57%
15wSentence Length18w
0.18Hedging0.40
0.0Bold5.9
2.1Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.45
0.00Headings1.07
0.02Transitions0.11
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Research
What we learned reading every model
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