Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Qwen3-4B

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.9

Rank #264 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 38.0 to 27.6.
  • Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen3-4B specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexQwen3-4B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.631.9
Released2025-11-122025-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked66

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3-4B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3-4B
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles—4%

Math Too close to call

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%
ProofBench9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Qwen3-4B?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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