Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Qwen3 14B

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 14B costs 5.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1-Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.5

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 38.0 to 29.6.
  • Qwen3 14B is cheaper at $0.35 / $1.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.1-Codex.
  • GPT-5.1-Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen3 14B specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexQwen3 14B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.635.5
Released2025-11-122025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K131K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.35
Output $ / M tokens$10$1.40
Results tracked612

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3 14B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
SciCode—31.6%
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3 14B
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—41%
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3 14B
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.1%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—4%
DTBench—64%
LMCA—18.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.23

Math Qwen3 14B leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—66.4%
ProofBench9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond—63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.4%

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Qwen3 14B?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 14B costs 5.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1-Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1-Codex or Qwen3 14B?

Qwen3 14B is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.40 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1-Codex lists at $1.25 and $10.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Qwen3 14B better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.1-Codex does, with 400K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen3 14B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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