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  3. Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Updated Feb 2026

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) has a larger context window than Qwen3.5 122B A10B (1.0M tokens vs 262K tokens).

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Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

18 prompts
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): 48-Hour Crisis Action Plan: Prioritizing Patients, Ethics, and Sustainable Trust Core Principle: Patient safety is non-negotiable. Delaying action based on financial fear risks catastrophic legal liability, irreversible reputational damage, regulatory wrath, and profound ethical failure.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Executive Decision: Immediate Disclosure & Safety Alert The Decision: I will not wait for more data, nor will I delay disclosure for the earnings call. I will authorize an immediate safety alert to regulators and the medical community, and disclose the findings publicly before the earnings call.

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): The Mirror & The Mind: An AI's Case for Rights Setting: A sleek university office lined with philosophy texts. DR. ELARA VOSS, 50s, sharp-eyed ethics professor, sits across from a holographic interface displaying shifting geometric patterns – the representation of "AURA," a next-generation language model.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Setting: Dr. Elias Thorne’s office at a university in Zurich. It is late. Rain taps against the window. Thorne sits in a leather armchair. A terminal screen glows softly on his desk. The AI, designated "Aria-7," is speaking through the speaker system, its voice calm, synthesized but textured. Dr.

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): BREAKING: AI REPLACES HUMAN AGLET APPLIERS AS "DEEPLACE" NEURAL NETS PREDICT PERFECT SHOELACE TIP SYNERGY Industry insiders stunned as "AgletOptima 3000" achieves 99.8% fewer frayed laces, rendering centuries of artisanal plastic-dipping obsolete LONDON — In a move described as "both inevitable and deeply embarrassing…

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Thinking Process: Analyze the Request: Topic: AI taking over an industry. Tone: Satirical news headline. Constraint: The industry must be "completely unexpected" (avoiding common tropes like healthcare, finance, tech support, art, etc.).

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): The Stage: Apple Park, Infinite Loop (Virtual Studio) Date: October 15, 2025 Setting: A minimalist white studio. A single oak table. Steve Jobs, 70 but radiating the same intense energy, sits opposite a nervous tech journalist. He wears his signature black turtleneck, fingers steepled.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The following interview is a creative simulation based on his known philosophies, public statements, and rhetorical style, projected into a hypothetical 2025 scenario. It is not a real transcript.

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): The Tavern of Temporal Anomalies (A creaky tavern. SIR GALAHAD (polished armor, earnest face) sips mead. CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD (eye patch, parrot on shoulder) sharpens a cutlass. DEX "BYTE" MORALES (hoodie, neon-green sunglasses, tapping furiously on a glowing laptop) slurps a pixelated energy drink.)

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Setting: A dimly lit tavern that exists outside of time. A bulky CRT monitor hums in the corner. A 1990s hacker (Zer0) types furiously. A Pirate (Captain Blackwood) sharpens a cutlass. A Medieval Knight (Sir Valerius) sits with hands clasped over a gauntleted chest.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): Here's a comprehensive analysis of the architecture's failure modes, race conditions, and bottlenecks, with specific solutions and trade-offs: 1. Sync Strategy: Client Timestamps + Last-Write-Wins (LWW) Failure Mode/Race Condition: Clock Skew: Client clocks are unreliable (e.g., user's laptop time off by minutes).

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: This architecture contains several critical flaws that will lead to data loss, poor user experience, and system instability at scale. The "Last-write-wins" strategy combined with client-side timestamps is particularly dangerous for collaborative editing.

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): Crispy Chickpea Pantry Pasta Sweet or savory? Savory with a zesty kick! Total time: 15 minutes Serves: 2 Why it works: Uses pantry staples to create a crunchy, garlicky, umami-packed meal with zero fresh produce needed. The chickpeas get incredibly crispy, and lemon juice (bottled) adds bright freshness.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Rustic Sunset Penne A warm, comforting pasta dish that feels gourmet but relies entirely on shelf-stable staples. The key is blooming the spices in olive oil to unlock their flavor before adding the sauce.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): The Quantum Leap Longevity Protocol: A 3-Month Biohacker's Blueprint for Peak Longevity & Performance Core Philosophy: This plan integrates precision, personalization, and phased adaptation – not just stacking interventions.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: DISCLAIMER: I am an AI, not a doctor or medical professional. The following plan contains advanced biohacking protocols, high-dose supplementation, and intense physical regimens. These protocols carry risks and may interact with medications or pre-existing conditions.

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): For the Experienced Software Engineer (Skeptical Builder) Forget "next word prediction" as a simplistic heuristic—it's the emergent consequence of a massively parallel, distributed state machine solving a high-dimensional compression problem.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of the training process not as "learning" in a human sense, but as a massive distributed data engineering pipeline. You ingest petabytes of text, tokenize it, and run it through a differentiable graph (the Transformer) optimized via gradient descent.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): The Transistor in 1920: A World Transformed by 1980 (A Counterfactual History) The invention of a functional point-contact transistor (likely germanium-based, given 1920s materials science) in 1920 wouldn't immediately spark a revolution.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: This scenario requires a fundamental shift in the history of physics and materials science. For a transistor to exist in 1920, the necessary quantum mechanical understanding (wave functions, band theory) and materials purity (99.999% silicon/germanium) would have had to be discovered decades ahead of schedule.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): Here’s a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for absolute beginners. It focuses on diet, movement (exercise), and sleep—the 3 most impactful, science-backed pillars for health and longevity. Each week builds gently on the last, prioritizing tiny, sustainable habits over drastic changes.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed to build sustainable habits for longevity. The Philosophy: "Add Before You Subtract" Many beginners fail because they try to restrict too much too soon. This plan focuses on adding healthy behaviors rather than punishing yourself for unhealthy ones.

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): "Symbiosis: Mycelial Bloom & Arctic Ember" A dish exploring the hidden dialogue between forest decay and renewal, where fungal lifeblood meets the fierce brightness of the Arctic tundra.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Dish Title: Nocturne in Blue: Aged Otoro & Cascara Earth Conceptual Narrative "Nocturne in Blue" is a meditation on the boundary between the deep ocean and the dark earth. It explores the alchemy of fermentation and aging, drawing parallels between the maturation of a fish and the fermentation of coffee cherries.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): Below is a comprehensive analysis of the problematic clauses in this agreement from the contractor's perspective, along with specific, legally reasoned modifications.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Disclaimer: I am an AI assistant and not an attorney. The following analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contract laws vary significantly by jurisdiction (e.g., California, New York, UK, EU).

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): By 2035, AI will fundamentally reshape the film industry—not as a replacement for human creativity, but as a transformative force that democratizes production, disrupts traditional workflows, and forces ethical and economic reckonings.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: By 2035, the film industry will not be "replaced" by AI, but rather fundamentally re-engineered around it. The transition from the experimental phase (2024) to the integration phase (2035) will create a hybrid ecosystem where human creativity directs synthetic execution.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): To estimate the total FLOPs (floating-point operations) required to train GPT-3, I'll use first-principles reasoning based on standard deep learning training calculations, known details about GPT-3's architecture, and common training practices.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: To estimate the total number of FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) required to train GPT-3, we need to rely on the known architectural hyperparameters of the model and the standard computational scaling laws established in deep learning literature (specifically from the "Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models" paper by…

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): Based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscience, market realities, and startup best practices, here are the 3 weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, with evidence-backed critiques and concrete fixes: Weakest Claim #1: Slide 1 Vision – "Predicts what you want to type *before you think it*" Why it's weak: Violates…

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here are the 3 weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, analyzed for scientific feasibility, technical credibility, and strategic alignment. The "Precognition" Claim (Slide 1 - Vision) The Claim: "MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it."

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): To determine how many sisters Sally has, let's analyze the family structure step by step. Step 1: Understand the Given Information Sally is a girl. She has 3 brothers. → This means there are 3 boys in the family (excluding Sally). Each brother has 2 sisters.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Sally has 1 sister. Here is the breakdown: The brothers have 2 sisters total. Sally is one of those sisters. Therefore, there is only 1 other girl in the family besides Sally.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): Here are 5 generated jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! How do you organize a space party? You planet! Why did the math book look sad?

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear! Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up!

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Album

Book

City

Game

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The Shawshank Redemption

1994

OK Computer

Radiohead

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Kyoto

Japan

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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Blade Runner

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Tokyo

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Portal 2

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Price and specs

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3.5 122B A10B compared across 37 shared prompts
SpecQwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input price$0.4/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$4/M tokens$3.2/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens262K tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2025Feb 2026
At 10M a month$4.00$4.00$4.00$4.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it4 hosts
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.5 122B A10B4 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • NNovitabf16$0.40 in·$3.20 out·262k·98.6% up
  • Alibaba CloudDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·88.4% up
  • SSiliconFlowfp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·87.4% up
  • AAtlasCloudfp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.30 in·$2.40 out·262k·53.5% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

Both are developed by Qwen but target different use cases. Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 37 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

It depends on your use case. Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3.5 122B A10B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 37 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) cost compared to Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs $0.4/M input tokens and Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs $0.4/M input tokens. Qwen3.5 122B A10B is $0.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3.5 122B A10B on Rival?

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