Model comparison

GPT-4 Turbo vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4 Turbo OpenAI

30.3

Rank #281 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next Alibaba (Qwen)

33.8

Rank #229 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-4 Turbo scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Coder Next in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 21.7 to 14.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 18% for GPT-4 Turbo and 34.4% for Qwen3 Coder Next.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $30 for GPT-4 Turbo.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4 Turbo and Qwen3 Coder Next specifications
GPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.333.8
Released2023-11-062026-02-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K262K
Max output4K66K
Input $ / M tokens$10$0.12
Output $ / M tokens$30$0.80
Results tracked363

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads

GPT-4 Turbo: 33.4 (#247), Qwen3 Coder Next: 35.8 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
WeirdML18%34.4%
SciCode—32.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct48.2%—
LMArena Coding1268—
BigCodeBench Complete58.2%—
HumanEval+86.6%—
MBPP+73.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
METR Time Horizons36.7%—

Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads

GPT-4 Turbo: 14.9 (#311), Qwen3 Coder Next: 21.7 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
SimpleBench25.1%—
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1251—
DTBench61.6%—
LMCA9.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index127.25—
ForecastBench59.4—

Math Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: 8.6 (#316), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.7%—
LMArena Math1272—
MATH Level 546.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: 24.3 (#263), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
GPQA Diamond46.6%—
Confabulations28.4%—
LMArena Expert1223—
MMLU81.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: 30.0 (#104), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Vision1090—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: 40.7 (#211), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Non-English1245—
LMArena Chinese1242—
LMArena French1275—
LMArena German1259—
LMArena Japanese1194—
LMArena Korean1187—
LMArena Russian1259—
LMArena Spanish1260—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: 66.0 (#211), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Instruction Following1250—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: 38.0 (#200), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Longer Query1254—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-4 Turbo: 47.9 (#201), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Text1272—
LMArena Creative Writing1269—
LMArena Multi-Turn1267—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4 Turbo better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4 Turbo or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; GPT-4 Turbo lists at $10 and $30.

Is GPT-4 Turbo or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4 Turbo and Qwen3 Coder Next share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-4 Turbo has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.

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