OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen3.8 27B
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen3.8 27B by Qwen, tested across 32 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen3.8 27B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o4-mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
Qwen3.8 27B
Input
$0.40
2.8× cheaper
Output
$3.00
1.5× cheaper
Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper on both — 2.8× input, 1.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
30%
Qwen3.8 27B uses 382.4x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen3.8 27B
73%Vocabulary45%
15wSentence Length17w
0.18Hedging0.59
0.0Bold3.8
2.1Lists6.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings1.08
0.02Transitions0.02
Based on 10 + 15 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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