OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 by Qwen, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is 7.3x 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 Thinking 2507
Input
$0.11
10× cheaper
Output
$0.60
7.3× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 7.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
37%
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 uses 571.0x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
73%Vocabulary56%
15wSentence Length14w
0.18Hedging0.37
0.0Bold5.7
2.1Lists4.0
0.00Emoji0.54
0.00Headings0.70
0.02Transitions0.14
Based on 10 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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