Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 leads with 32.5% higher average benchmark score. GPT-5 offers 162.4K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-235B-A22B. Qwen3-235B-A22B is $149.00 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-5 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, GPT-5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-5, released by OpenAI on August 7, 2025, is a large language model that combines direct generation and extended reasoning in a single unified system with a built-in routing mechanism. It features a 400K token context window, 128K maximum output tokens, native multimodal support (text, image, audio, video), and demonstrated strong results across coding, mathematics, visual understanding, and health benchmarks at release. GPT-5 targets complex multi-step tasks including advanced coding, mathematical problem solving, and long-context analysis.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3-235B-A22B, released by Alibaba's Qwen team on April 28, 2025, is a Mixture-of-Experts large language model with 235 billion total parameters and 22 billion active parameters per inference. It features a 256K token context window, hybrid thinking capabilities (both reasoning and direct generation modes), and was trained on 36 trillion tokens across 119 languages. Qwen3-235B targets complex reasoning, multilingual tasks, and open-source deployments under the Apache 2.0 license.
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Alibaba / Qwen
2025-04-28

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2025-08-07
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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2025-05
Available providers and their performance metrics
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