Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Qwen3-4B

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.3

Rank #190 Reported

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.0 to 18.5.
  • Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Qwen3-4B specifications
GPT-5-CodexQwen3-4B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.331.5
Released2025-09-152025-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked36

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 41.9 (#100), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen3-4B
WeirdML54.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.8 (#66), Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen3-4B
Terminal-Bench44.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.0 (#80), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen3-4B
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
Chess Puzzles—4%

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Qwen3-4B?

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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