Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 Max leads 38.7 to 24.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 12.7% for GPT-4.1 mini and 48.7% for Qwen3 Max.
  • GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.643.7
Released2025-04-142025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$6
Results tracked4733

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding13671456
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%72.5%
Chess Puzzles7%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts13491448
Mystery Game Puzzles7%5%
DTBench68.8%82.1%
LMCA21.1%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01142.38
ARC-AGI-20%—
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%73.3%
LMArena Math13431446
MATH Level 587.3%97.1%
Omni-MATH49.1%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond65.8%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified12.7%48.7%
LMArena Expert13381455
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13181429
LMArena Chinese13291478
LMArena French13581449
LMArena German13511463
LMArena Japanese12901397
LMArena Korean12981399
LMArena Russian13241428
LMArena Spanish13191462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13331419
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query13441438
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Text13401439
LMArena Creative Writing13001402
LMArena Multi-Turn13541446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

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

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-4.1 mini does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

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

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

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