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GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen-Plus

Qwen-Plus costs 2.1x less per output token than GPT-4.1 Mini ($0.78 vs $1.60 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 28 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4.1 Mini Replace Qwen-Plus
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
10.2
Output $/M
$1.60
22
Qwen-PlusQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.78
6
vs boards won of 28 shared

GPT-4.1 Mini or Qwen-Plus: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: science or LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare, where it leads.

Model AGPT-4.1 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.818 per solved taskModel BQwen-PlusQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
28
GPT-4.1 Mini only
56
Qwen-Plus only
0
Like-for-like categories
5 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GPT-4.1 Mini not benchmarked, Qwen-Plus not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 13.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: GPT-4.1 Mini 44.7% against Qwen-Plus 17.8%, 26.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 against Qwen-Plus $0.78 per million output tokens, 2.1x apart.
Context window
GPT-4.1 Mini takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen-Plus 1M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGPT-4.1 MiniBarsQwen-PlusTies
Coding20
Reasoning40
Math40
Knowledge13
General113
All shared boards226
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
Aider polyglot32.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified23.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Coding Index20.2Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)58.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)48.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)7.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
WeirdML37.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: coding13671328GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT13601343GPT-4.1 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index10.2Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Epoch Capabilities Index134.9Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom52.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond67.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)70.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)66.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)5.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)65.8%48.1%GPT-4.1 Mini
ARC-AGI3.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-20.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Chess puzzles1.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzles7.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13491317GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: expert13381328GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13621333GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: diagrams1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: homework1214Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
AIME49.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)88.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)87.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Math Index46.3Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)46.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME44.7%17.8%GPT-4.1 Mini
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 36.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH level 587.3%65.3%GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: math13431326GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work13471332GPT-4.1 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
MMLU Pro77.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)78.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)57.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)65.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)84.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)78.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SimpleQA Verified12.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science13281352Qwen-Plus
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13241350Qwen-Plus
LMArena Text: legal and government13431349Qwen-Plus
LMArena Text: business and finance13221303GPT-4.1 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
Design Arena: websites997Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: UI components961Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: game dev1071Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: data viz1034Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: 3D837Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: all code categories994Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index113
General benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
IFBench38.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)44.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
DTBench68.8%81.1%Qwen-Plus
LMCA21.1%24.0%Qwen-Plus
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text13411326GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following13331303GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing12991292GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision1181Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: English13561339GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English13181310GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese13291347Qwen-Plus
LMArena Text: German1350Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: Japanese12901251GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean1298Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: French1358Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: Spanish1319Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: Russian13241323GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Polish1326Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn13541336GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries13441324GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: writing and language13191296GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13001270GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: English1191Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1186Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1188Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: humor1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1174Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1187Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniQwen-PlusLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.0012Fits in one request
Qwen-Plus$0.0006Fits in one request

Qwen-Plus costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.025Fits in one request
Qwen-Plus$0.015Fits in one request

Qwen-Plus costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.096Fits in one request
Qwen-Plus$0.060Fits in one request

Qwen-Plus costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GPT-4.1 Mini and Qwen-Plus
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4.1 MiniQwen-Plus
MakerOpenAIQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 14, 2025February 1, 2025
Context window1.05M1M
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.26
Output $/Mtok$1.60$0.78
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved task$1.818Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4.1 Mini better than Qwen-Plus for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: science or LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Mini or Qwen-Plus?

GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen-Plus costs $0.26 and $0.78. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-4.1 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4.1 Mini or Qwen-Plus?

GPT-4.1 Mini, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen-Plus comparison based on?

28 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4.1 Mini's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen-Plus's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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