Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Max offers 76.8K more tokens in context window than o1 mini. Qwen3-Max is $3.50 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
OpenAI o1 mini, released by OpenAI in September 2024, is a lightweight reasoning model from the o1 family optimized for efficient STEM problem-solving at lower cost and latency. It features a 128K token context window and applies chain-of-thought reasoning specifically tuned for mathematics, science, and coding tasks. o1 mini targets use cases where rapid, cost-efficient reasoning is preferred over the broader capabilities of the full o1 model.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3-Max, released by Alibaba in September 2025 as an API preview, is a large language model exceeding one trillion parameters built for complex reasoning and long-context tasks. It features a 262K token context window, hybrid thinking modes that allow switching between direct generation and extended chain-of-thought, and is available as a proprietary cloud API via Alibaba Cloud and Qwen Chat. Qwen3-Max targets demanding reasoning, multilingual analysis, and applications requiring frontier-level performance from the Qwen3 generation.
11 months newer

o1 mini
OpenAI
2024-09-12
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba / Qwen
2025-09-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
o1 mini
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Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
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OpenAI
Qwen3-Max
o1 mini
Qwen3-Max
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Qwen3-Max
OpenRouter