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GPT-5.1 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

GPT-5.1 leads Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.7 to 12.7, and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs 2.9x less per output token ($3.50 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 43 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-5.1 Replace Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
GPT-5.1OpenAI
Coding
40.4
Overall
55.0
Output $/M
$10.00
43
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen
Coding
No data
Overall
52.9
Output $/M
$3.50
0
vs boards won of 43 shared

GPT-5.1 or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: which to pick

Only GPT-5.1 has a coding score, 40.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for output tokens 2.9x cheaper ($3.50 vs $10.00 per million).

Model AGPT-5.1OpenAI40.4/1003 independent benchmarks$1.02 per solved taskModel BQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507QwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
43
GPT-5.1 only
63
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 only
3
Like-for-like categories
8 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-5.1 40.4 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Web design, 21.6 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Design Arena: data viz: GPT-5.1 1205 against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 950, 31.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-5.1 $10.00 against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $3.50 per million output tokens, 2.9x apart.
Context window
GPT-5.1 takes 400K tokens, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 128K.

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-5.1BarsQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Ties
Coding40
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math30
Knowledge50
Web design60
General180
All shared boards430
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
Coding benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
SWE-bench Verified66.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena WebDev1396Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
AA Coding Index49.422.1GPT-5.1
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)86.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)69.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)24.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)86.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)45.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Terminal-Bench47.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
GSO-Bench13.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
WeirdML60.8%41.0%GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: coding14531424GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: software and IT14541431GPT-5.1
LMArena WebDev: React1307Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1405Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image1421Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
AA Intelligence Index24.712.7GPT-5.1
Epoch Capabilities Index149.8Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured1.3Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom81.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
DeepResearch Bench42.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Vending-Bench 2$1,473-$11GPT-5.1
MCP Atlas50.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
GPQA Diamond86.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)83.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)87.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)28.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)87.6%80.1%GPT-5.1
ARC-AGI72.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
ARC-AGI-217.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
SimpleBench53.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Chess puzzles42.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Mystery game puzzles19.0%9.0%GPT-5.1
VPCT58.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14571416GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: expert14701463GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14621432GPT-5.1
LMArena Vision: diagrams1264Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1272Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
AIME93.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)93.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
AA Math Index94.0Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)94.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
OTIS Mock AIME88.6%86.7%GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: math14461412GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work14491435GPT-5.1
MathArena17.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
MMLU Pro86.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)85.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)73.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)61.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)96.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)52.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)87.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
SimpleQA Verified48.0%40.4%GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: science14591433GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14561456GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: legal and government14591415GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: business and finance14311413GPT-5.1
FACTS Benchmark Suite45.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
PRBench Finance48.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
PRBench Legal49.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Web design benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
Design Arena: websites11871052GPT-5.1
Design Arena: UI components1164942GPT-5.1
Design Arena: game dev1178956GPT-5.1
Design Arena: data viz1205950GPT-5.1
Design Arena: 3D1060997GPT-5.1
Design Arena: all code categories11701032GPT-5.1
Design Arena: SVG1148Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1118Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index180
General benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)43.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)88.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
IFBench72.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
DTBench90.1%80.3%GPT-5.1
LMCA43.9%29.3%GPT-5.1
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured75.0%Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured82.4%Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
CL-bench23.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
CL-bench Life17.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Text14431415GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: instruction following14431386GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: creative writing14271384GPT-5.1
LMArena Vision1250Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Text: English14511429GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: non-English14311397GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: Chinese14951481GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: German14381408GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: Japanese14531386GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: Korean14011375GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: French1450Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Text: Spanish14331389GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: Russian14351401GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: Polish14401390GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn14501406GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: longer queries14481400GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: writing and language14281388GPT-5.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14151370GPT-5.1
LMArena Vision: English1252Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1270Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1255Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Vision: humor1263Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1252Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1232Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1266Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
LMArena Document1403Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
MultiChallenge63.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Leader
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-5.1$0.0063Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.0022Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-5.1$0.092Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.033Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-5.1$0.350Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.125Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 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-5.1 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-5.1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
MakerOpenAIQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedNovember 13, 2025July 25, 2025
Context window400K128K
Input $/Mtok$1.25$0.45
Output $/Mtok$10.00$3.50
Coding index40.4Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it30
Cost per solved task$1.02Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for coding?

Only GPT-5.1 has a coding score, 40.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for output tokens 2.9x cheaper ($3.50 vs $10.00 per million).

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?

GPT-5.1 costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 and $3.50. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5.1 only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5.1 or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?

GPT-5.1, with 400K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-5.1 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 comparison based on?

43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-5.1's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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