OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 4.6x 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: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
6.8× cheaper
Output
$0.97
4.6× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 6.8× input, 4.6× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
55%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 491.6x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
73%Vocabulary59%
15wSentence Length15w
0.18Hedging0.31
0.0Bold4.9
2.1Lists2.7
0.00Emoji1.60
0.00Headings0.75
0.02Transitions0.05
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Research
What we learned reading every model
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