Compare / head-to-head
GPT-4o minivsQwen3.6-Plus
Qwen3.6-Plus leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. GPT-4o mini is 2.6x cheaper per token. Qwen3.6-Plus has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 4
Qwen3.6-Plus leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-4o mini
2.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.6-Plus
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
95.0617% · —
OpenAI · Qwen
GPT-4o mini
OpenAI · released 2024-07-18
textvision
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 2 only GPT-4o mini · 2 only Qwen3.6-Plus| Benchmark | GPT-4o mini | Qwen3.6-Plus | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 40.2% ↗ | 88.4% ↗epoch | -48.2 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 0.7% ↗epoch | 38.2% ↗epoch | -37.5 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 6.9% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | -86.4 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| SimpleQA Verified | 8.3% ↗epoch | 44.1% ↗epoch | -35.8 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Only GPT-4o mini reports · 2 | ||||
| MMLU | 82% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2024 | 8.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 2 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1436.7 ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 57.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-4o mini minus Qwen3.6-Plus in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-4o mini | Qwen3.6-Plus | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 1M tokens | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Max output | 16K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.276 ↗ | GPT-4o mini |
| Output price / 1M | $0.6 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | GPT-4o mini |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.075 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.75 | $1.93 | GPT-4o mini |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2024-07-18 | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 7 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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