Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 5.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 62.4 to 24.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 6.7% for GPT-4.1 mini and 64.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.651.5
Released2025-04-142026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$7.50
Results tracked4733

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
SciCode40.4%48.8%
LMArena Coding13671498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
LMArena WebDev—1515
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
CritPt0%13.4%
Chess Puzzles7%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts13491483
Mystery Game Puzzles7%32%
DTBench68.8%92.3%
LMCA21.1%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01153.68
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench—70.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
EBR-Bench—9.5%

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%64.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%95.6%
LMArena Math13431490
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
ProofBench—26%
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond65.8%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified12.7%55.8%
LMArena Expert13381488
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Qwen3.7 Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English13181474
LMArena Chinese13291530
LMArena Russian13241484
LMArena French1358—
LMArena German1351—
LMArena Japanese1290—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Spanish1319—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13331460
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query13441482
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text13401476
LMArena Creative Writing13001449
LMArena Multi-Turn13541481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 5.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen3.7 Max?

GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-4.1 mini does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3.7 Max share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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