OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 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 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
7.3× cheaper
Output
$1.50
2.9× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on both — 7.3× input, 2.9× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
28%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 603.6x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
73%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length16w
0.18Hedging0.31
0.0Bold6.0
2.1Lists4.5
0.00Emoji0.58
0.00Headings0.88
0.02Transitions0.10
Based on 10 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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