GPT-4o-mini vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 11 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 88.2% | 27.8% | 75.2% | 73.5% | 78.2% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 68.0% | 40.7% | 74.7% | - | - | - | - | 95.3 | - | - | - | 23.0% | - | - | 40.8% | 26.2% | - | - | - | 96.7 | 83.2% | - | 69.9% | 83.7% | 75.8% | - | - | 36.9% | - | 77.0% | 88.5 | 94.5 | - | 89.5 | - | 44.9% | - | 73.8 | - | 43.9% | 59.5 | - | 32.0% | 51.5% | 25.6% | - | - | - | - | 97.7% | 59.0% |
| GPT-4o-mini OpenAI | 45.5% | 42.6% | 4.2% | 31.0% | 47.2% | 43.0% | 65.8% | 32.9% | 54.5% | 22.9% | 60.5% | 16.7% | 3.6% | 11.7% | 14.7% | - | 50.7% | 0.29 | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 871elo | - | - | 0.0% | 1.54 | 0.0% | - | - | 72.0% | - | - | - | 23.4% | 78.9% | - | 62.8% | - | - | - | 64.8% | - | 78.0% | - | 3.81 | - | 100.0% | - | - | 0.36 | - | - | - | 0.78 | 83.3% | 54.5% | 22.5% | - | 39.6% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-4o-mini OpenAI | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GPT-4o Mini is an AI model from OpenAI. | Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba. |
| Family | GPT | Qwen3.6 |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 18 Jul 2024 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 128,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $0.15 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $0.60 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.075 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | - | $0.406 |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | text, image, video |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond88.2% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)27.8% (AA) IFBench75.2% (AA) SciCode40.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.7% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GPT-4o-mini or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 11 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Qwen3.6 Plus leads on 10 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-4o-mini and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-4o-mini scores 42.6% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GPT-4o-mini or Qwen3.6 Plus?
- GPT-4o-mini is cheaper at $0.60 per million output tokens against $3.00 for Qwen3.6 Plus - about 5.0x.
- When were GPT-4o-mini and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- GPT-4o-mini was released 18 Jul 2024 by OpenAI. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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