# GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen Plus

> Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-qwen-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen Plus in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 28.4 to 10.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 44.7% for GPT-4.1 mini and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for GPT-4.1 mini.
- GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.6 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 240 | 210 |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $1.60 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293)
- Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1367 | 1328 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 23.9% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.4% | — |
| SciCode | 40.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 37.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | — |
| CadEval | 16% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55)
- Qwen Plus: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 50.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340)
- Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 48.6% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1349 | 1317 |
| DTBench | 68.8% | 81.1% |
| LMCA | 21.1% | 24% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 3.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.01 | — |

## Math

- GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270)
- Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 44.7% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1343 | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | 87.3% | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 6.7% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 49.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194)
- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.8% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1338 | 1328 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.7% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 78.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 61.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82)
- Qwen Plus: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1181 | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166)
- Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1329 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1290 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1358 | — |
| LMArena German | 1351 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1319 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118)
- Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1333 | 1303 |
| IFEval | 90.4% | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275)
- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1324 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 44.4% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199)
- Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1300 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1354 | 1336 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1147 | — |
| WildBench | 83.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 mini lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

### Is GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.