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GPT-5 Mini vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

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
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
GPT-5 Mini
Speed
GPT-5 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5 MiniQwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5 MiniQwen3 VL 32B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedAug 2025Oct 2025

GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.42/M tokens.
GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 35.3, compared to Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct's score of 15.6.
GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
GPT-5 Mini supports vision. Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct supports vision.