OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B by Qwen, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B 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
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input
$0.40
2.8× cheaper
Output
$3.20
1.4× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B is cheaper on both — 2.8× input, 1.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
32%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B uses 624.8x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
73%Vocabulary49%
15wSentence Length15w
0.18Hedging0.29
0.0Bold6.2
2.1Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.10
0.00Headings0.88
0.02Transitions0.20
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Research
What we learned reading every model
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