OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max 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
1.8× cheaper
Output
$4.40
1.4× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
OpenAI o4-mini is cheaper on both — 1.8× input, 1.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
24%
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max uses 427.3x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
73%Vocabulary48%
15wSentence Length17w
0.18Hedging0.95
0.0Bold4.3
2.1Lists8.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings1.92
0.02Transitions0.02
Based on 10 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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