+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
VS
VS
VS
VS
VS
VS
o4 mini vs Qwen3-Max
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Max leads with 15.1% higher average benchmark score. o4 mini offers 29.7K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Max. Qwen3-Max is $3.50 cheaper per million tokens. o4 mini supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Qwen3-Max is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
+
+
+
+
OpenAI
OpenAI o4 mini, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a compact reasoning model from the o4 family that combines multimodal understanding with efficient chain-of-thought processing. It features a 200K token context window and native image understanding, with strong performance on mathematics and coding benchmarks relative to its inference cost. o4 mini targets cost-sensitive applications requiring both visual reasoning and mathematical accuracy.
+
+
+
+
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.
4 months newer
o4 mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba / Qwen
2025-09-05
Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
+
+
+
+
o4 mini
Input:$1.10
Output:$4.40
+
+
+
+
Qwen3-Max
Input:$0.50
Output:$1.50($3.50 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
+
+
+
+
o4 mini
Average Score:56.9%
+
+
+
+
Qwen3-Max
Average Score:72.0%(+15.1%)
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
+
+
+
+
o4 mini
Agents56.9%
+
+
+
+
Qwen3-Max
Agents72.0%(+15.1%)
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
+
+
+
+
o4 mini
1 providers
OpenAI
+
+
+
+
Qwen3-Max
1 providers
+
+
+
+
o4 mini
Avg Score:56.9%
Providers:1
+
+
+
+
Qwen3-Max
Avg Score:72.0%(+15.1%)
Providers:1