GPT-5 Mini vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 21 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 27.8% | 75.2% | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | 36.9% | 77.0% | 68.0% | 44.9% | 40.7% | 74.7% | 43.9% | 25.6% | 97.7% | - | - | 95.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.8% | - | - | - | - | 96.7 | - | - | 83.2% | - | - | - | - | - | 88.5 | 94.5 | - | 89.5 | - | - | - | 73.8 | - | - | - | 59.5 | - | - | - | - | 32.0% | 51.5% | - | - | - | - | 59.0% |
| GPT-5 Mini OpenAI | 60.2% | 27.2% | 68.7% | 5.1% | 45.6% | 69.1% | 68.2% | 55.2% | 65.3% | 75.5% | 82.2% | 68.3% | 43.0% | 80.6% | 66.9% | 43.0% | 36.9% | 75.2% | 14.4% | 14.2% | 31.9% | 0.0% | 46.7% | - | 0.0% | 1.13 | 0.0% | -0.15 | 20.0% | 25.0% | 40.0% | 1.7 | - | 100.0% | 18.1% | 2.8% | 100.0% | 66.7% | 1310elo | 56.2 | 0.0% | - | 88.3% | 60.0% | 100.0% | 90.0% | - | 47.2% | 80.0% | - | 54.5% | 0.0% | 1.54 | 1.54 | 80.0% | - | - | 77.5% | - | 9.0% | 16.8% | 4.95 | - | 39.7% | 59.8% | 0.0% | - | 9.5% | 0.0% | 86.1% | 0.49 | - | - | 39.21 | 272.11 | 86.0% | 86.0% | 47.9% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-5 Mini OpenAI | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GPT-5 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 | 7 Aug 2025 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 400,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $0.25 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $2.00 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.025 | - |
| 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-5 Mini or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 21 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Qwen3.6 Plus leads on 15 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-5 Mini scores 68.7% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Mini or Qwen3.6 Plus?
- GPT-5 Mini is cheaper at $2.00 per million output tokens against $3.00 for Qwen3.6 Plus - about 1.5x.
- When were GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- GPT-5 Mini was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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