Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 nano vs Qwen Max

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 nano OpenAI

27.9

Rank #327 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 nano scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Max in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Max leads 25.1 to 8.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 25% for GPT-4.1 nano and 66.7% for Qwen Max.
  • GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • GPT-4.1 nano accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index27.934.7
Released2025-04-142024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output33K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.10$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$6.40
Results tracked3823

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 24.1 (#330), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
Aider Polyglot8.9%21.8%
LMArena Coding13061288
SciCode25.9%—
WeirdML19%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.5 (#104), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard33%—

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 8.5 (#349), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts12861269
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark33.3%—
ARC-AGI-10%—
CritPt0%—
DTBench52.5%—
LMCA5.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.62—

Math GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.9 (#252), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202528.9%16.1%
LMArena Math12741275
MATH Level 570%67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%1%
Omni-MATH36.7%—

Knowledge Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#273), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
GPQA Diamond48.9%56.1%
LMArena Expert12721248
SimpleQA Verified6%—
MMLU-Pro55%—
GPQA (HELM)50.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 29.2 (#113), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
LMArena Vision1063—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-4.1 nano: 41.6 (#205), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
LMArena Non-English12601263
LMArena Chinese12701254
LMArena German12881254
LMArena Japanese11981205
LMArena Russian12611274
LMArena French—1330
LMArena Korean—1142
LMArena Spanish—1290

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 67.8 (#193), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following12671262
IFEval84.3%—

Long Context Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#296), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
Fiction.LiveBench25%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query12831288

Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 40.5 (#243), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Max
LMArena Text12851282
LMArena Creative Writing12601248
LMArena Multi-Turn12771277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing946—
WildBench81.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 nano better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 16× 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 nano or Qwen Max?

GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

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

Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 24.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 nano has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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