Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Plus in 9 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 39.3 to 10.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 44.7% for GPT-4.1 mini and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.40 input and $1.60 output per million tokens.
  • GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
GPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.645.3
Released2025-04-142026-06-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$1.60
Results tracked4732

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
SciCode40.4%45.5%
LMArena Coding13671473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
CritPt0%9.1%
Chess Puzzles7%24%
LMArena Hard Prompts13491460
Mystery Game Puzzles7%17%
DTBench68.8%84%
LMCA21.1%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01147.37
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
ARC-AGI-13.5%—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%93.3%
LMArena Math13431466
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond65.8%87.9%
LMArena Expert13381467
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision11811279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English13181445
LMArena Chinese13291510
LMArena French13581473
LMArena German13511471
LMArena Japanese12901413
LMArena Korean12981415
LMArena Russian13241457
LMArena Spanish13191457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following13331440
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query13441455
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text13401455
LMArena Creative Writing13001439
LMArena Multi-Turn13541460
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

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

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

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 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 Plus share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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