Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen Max

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen Max in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Max leads 25.1 to 10.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 44.7% for GPT-4.1 mini and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.634.7
Released2025-04-142024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output33K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$6.40
Results tracked4723

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
Aider Polyglot32.4%21.8%
LMArena Coding13671288
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13491269
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%16.1%
LMArena Math13431275
MATH Level 587.3%67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—

Knowledge GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
GPQA Diamond65.8%56.1%
LMArena Expert13381248
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
LMArena Non-English13181263
LMArena Chinese13291254
LMArena French13581330
LMArena German13511254
LMArena Japanese12901205
LMArena Korean12981142
LMArena Russian13241274
LMArena Spanish13191290

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following13331262
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query13441288

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen Max
LMArena Text13401282
LMArena Creative Writing13001248
LMArena Multi-Turn13541277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen Max?

GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (30.6 vs 30.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-4.1 mini does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen Max share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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