OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, tested across 48 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview 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
1.4× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input
$1.04
1.1× cheaper
Output
$6.24
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview wins input (1.1× cheaper)·OpenAI o4-mini wins output (1.4× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
55%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview uses 381.0x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
73%Vocabulary62%
15wSentence Length21w
0.18Hedging0.22
0.0Bold3.8
2.1Lists2.9
0.00Emoji1.88
0.00Headings0.62
0.02Transitions0.02
Based on 10 + 26 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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