Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 12.6% higher average benchmark score. o4-mini offers 152.5K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is $4.55 cheaper per million tokens. o4-mini supports multimodal inputs. Overall, o4-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
o4-mini was created as part of the next generation of OpenAI's reasoning models, designed to continue advancing the balance between analytical capability and operational efficiency. Built to bring cutting-edge reasoning techniques to applications requiring quick turnaround, it represents the evolution of compact reasoning-focused models.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3 235B, designed to follow user instructions while leveraging the model's large-scale architecture. Built to provide advanced instruction-following with efficient mixture-of-experts design, it serves applications requiring both capability and practical deployment.
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o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

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o4-mini
2024-05-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

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OpenAI

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o4-mini

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