OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 Coder Next by Qwen, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 Coder Next
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen3 Coder Next has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o4-mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
Qwen3 Coder Next
Input
$0.20
5.5× cheaper
Output
$1.50
2.9× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper on both — 5.5× input, 2.9× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
Qwen3 Coder Next uses 628.3x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen3 Coder Next
73%Vocabulary58%
15wSentence Length19w
0.18Hedging0.29
0.0Bold6.3
2.1Lists4.0
0.00Emoji0.86
0.00Headings0.92
0.02Transitions0.07
Based on 10 + 21 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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