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GPT-5 Mini vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 Mini wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
GPT-5 Mini
Speed
GPT-5 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.25$0.22 Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.00$1.00 Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Cache Read (per 1M)$25000.00$22000.00 Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) is 40% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Mini Providers

OpenAI $0.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $0.25 (Cheapest)

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Providers

Google $0.22 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.25
Novita $0.30
Vercel $0.40
Nebius $0.40

Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-5 Mini Wins
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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
41.024.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
35.324.6
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
90.739.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
83.778.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
82.861.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
83.858.5
AIME
Competition math
-47.7-
GPT-5 Mini significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5 Mini
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
262,144
tokens
GPT-5 Mini has a 34% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Tokens/second126.7 tok/s54.4 tok/s
Time to First Token60.75s1.67s
GPT-5 Mini responds 133% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5 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-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedAug 2025Jul 2025

GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has cheaper input pricing at $0.22/M tokens. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has cheaper output pricing at $1.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 35.3, compared to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)'s score of 24.6.
GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
GPT-5 Mini supports vision. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) does not support vision.