Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 10.8.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.645.3
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4717

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13671487
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13491483
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 Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math13431474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13381489
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English13181465
LMArena Chinese13291534
LMArena French13581484
LMArena German13511487
LMArena Japanese12901495
LMArena Korean12981438
LMArena Russian13241471
LMArena Spanish13191470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following13331467
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query13441476
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text13401470
LMArena Creative Writing13001464
LMArena Multi-Turn13541478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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