Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 nano vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 nano OpenAI

27.7

Rank #322 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

36.7

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 nano scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 27.6 to 8.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 33.3% for GPT-4.1 nano and 63.3% for Qwen Plus.
  • GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
  • GPT-4.1 nano accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index27.736.7
Released2025-04-142024-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output33K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.10$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$1.20
Results tracked3820

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 23.8 (#325), Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
LMArena Coding13061328
Aider Polyglot8.9%—
SciCode25.9%—
WeirdML19%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.3 (#98), Qwen Plus: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard33%—

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 8.6 (#344), Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
Kagi LLM Benchmark33.3%63.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts12861317
DTBench52.5%81.1%
LMCA5.5%24%
ARC-AGI-20%—
ARC-AGI-10%—
CritPt0%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.62—

Math GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 25.5 (#246), Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202528.9%17.8%
LMArena Math12741326
MATH Level 570%65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%1.7%
Omni-MATH36.7%—

Knowledge Qwen Plus leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#268), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond48.9%48.1%
LMArena Expert12721328
SimpleQA Verified6%—
MMLU-Pro55%—
GPQA (HELM)50.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 28.6 (#108), Qwen Plus: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
LMArena Vision1063—

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 41.8 (#200), Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English12601310
LMArena Chinese12701347
LMArena Japanese11991251
LMArena Russian12611323
LMArena German1288—

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 68.0 (#188), Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following12671303
IFEval84.3%—

Long Context Qwen Plus leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#291), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query12831325
Fiction.LiveBench25%—

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 40.7 (#238), Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen Plus
LMArena Text12851326
LMArena Creative Writing12601293
LMArena Multi-Turn12771336
EQ-Bench Creative Writing946—
WildBench81.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 nano better than Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen Plus?

GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.

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

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

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

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