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GPT-4o-mini vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-4o-mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) wins:

  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
GPT-4o-mini
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-4o-mini
Context Window
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Speed
GPT-4o-mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-4o-miniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.15$0.22 GPT-4o-mini
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.60$0.95 GPT-4o-mini
Cache Read (per 1M)$75000.00N/A GPT-4o-mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-4o-mini is 35% cheaper overall.

GPT-4o-mini Providers

OpenAI $0.15 (Cheapest)
Vercel $0.15 (Cheapest)
OpenRouter $0.15 (Cheapest)
Azure $0.15 (Cheapest)

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Providers

Chutes $0.22 (Cheapest)
OpenRouter $0.22 (Cheapest)
Google $0.22 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.25
DeepInfra $0.28

Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-4o-mini Wins
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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-4o-miniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
12.6--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
14.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
64.8--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
42.6--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
23.4--
Aider
Real-world code editing
55.6--
AIME
Competition math
11.7--
GPT-4o-mini shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-4o-mini
128,000
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
262,144
tokens
Max output: 262,144 tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 51% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-4o-miniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Tokens/second51.1 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.51sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-4o-miniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-4o-miniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedJul 2024Jul 2025

GPT-4o-mini Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-4o-mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.15/M tokens. GPT-4o-mini has cheaper output pricing at $0.60/M tokens.
GPT-4o-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)'s score of N/A.
GPT-4o-mini has a 128,000 token context window, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
GPT-4o-mini supports vision. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) does not support vision.