GPT-4o mini vs Qwen3-Max
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
GPT-4o mini
OpenAI · Jul 2024
The 2024 budget classic that defined the cheap-LLM tier; GPT-5 nano and mini have since taken its crown.
Qwen3-Max
80.5Alibaba (Qwen) · Sep 2025
Alibaba's trillion-parameter API flagship — frontier-adjacent quality with strong agentic tool use at mid-tier prices.
The verdict
These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: GPT-4o mini works out roughly 9.1x cheaper per blended million tokens. Qwen3-Max also takes 262K of context versus 128K for GPT-4o mini.
Specs & pricing
| GPT-4o mini | Qwen3-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | 80.5 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 | $1.2 |
| Output price / 1M | $0.6 | $6 |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 16K | 66K |
| Open weights | no | no |
| Reasoning model | no | yes |
| Multimodal input | text, image | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | Oct 2023 | Jun 2025 |
| Released | Jul 2024 | Sep 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $2.40 | $21.00 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, GPT-4o mini or Qwen3-Max?
- These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: GPT-4o mini works out roughly 9.1x cheaper per blended million tokens. Qwen3-Max also takes 262K of context versus 128K for GPT-4o mini.
- Which is cheaper, GPT-4o mini or Qwen3-Max?
- GPT-4o mini costs $0.15/$0.6 per million input/output tokens, while Qwen3-Max costs $1.2/$6. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $2.40 versus $21.00.
- Which model is better for coding, GPT-4o mini or Qwen3-Max?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.