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GPT-5.4 Mini vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

GPT-5.4 Mini leads Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.1 to 9.9, and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 2.4x less per output token ($1.90 vs $4.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 44 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-5.4 Mini Replace Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI
Coding
35.8
Overall
44.0
Output $/M
$4.50
21
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.90
23
vs boards won of 44 shared

GPT-5.4 Mini or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: which to pick

Only GPT-5.4 Mini has a coding score, 35.8 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for output tokens 2.4x cheaper ($1.90 vs $4.50 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: software and IT or LMArena Text: hard prompts, where it leads.

Model AGPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI35.8/1005 independent benchmarks$0.70 per solved taskModel BQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
44
GPT-5.4 Mini only
45
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct only
5
Like-for-like categories
7 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-5.4 Mini 35.8 from 5 benchmarks, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 29.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run): GPT-5.4 Mini 52.3% against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 11.4%, 40.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-5.4 Mini $4.50 against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $1.90 per million output tokens, 2.4x apart.
Context window
GPT-5.4 Mini takes 400K tokens, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 262K.

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-5.4 MiniBarsQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructTies
Coding21
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning43
Math11
Knowledge04
General1214
All shared boards2123
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index21
Coding benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
LMArena WebDev1397Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
AA Coding Index56.1Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)81.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)73.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)2.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)48.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Code migration (Vals AI)12.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)54.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured64.6%Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
SciCode52.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)52.3%11.4%GPT-5.4 Mini
FrontierCode27.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
WeirdML60.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ALE-Bench1188.6Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: coding14381438GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT14361442Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena WebDev: React1386Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1419Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
AA Intelligence Index24.19.9GPT-5.4 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index148.7Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
AA Agentic Index17.9Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)45.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)8.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)12.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)45.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
τ²-Bench Telecom83.3%54.1%GPT-5.4 Mini
DeepResearch Bench36.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index43
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
GPQA Diamond83.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)79.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)87.5%77.2%GPT-5.4 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)28.1%11.9%GPT-5.4 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)86.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ARC-AGI63.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-218.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Chess puzzles23.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzles11.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14241428Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: expert14351442Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14201439Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Vision: diagrams12661255GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision: homework12851277GPT-5.4 Mini
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Math benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
AIME95.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
AA Math IndexNot measured88.3Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured88.3%Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
OTIS Mock AIME88.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 351.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 49.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ProofBench21.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math14181425Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: mathematical work14291419GPT-5.4 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
MMLU Pro84.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)51.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)63.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured83.6%Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
SimpleQA Verified29.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science14171444Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13951431Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: legal and government14141438Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: business and finance14181433Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1214
General benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)50.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Vals Multimodal Index54.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
IFBench73.3%56.5%GPT-5.4 Mini
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)77.0%63.7%GPT-5.4 Mini
DTBench80.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMCA40.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text14121420Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: instruction following14051406Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: creative writing13701366GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision12451247Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: English14121429Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: non-English14051405GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese14461463Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: German14081424Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Japanese13751385Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Korean13701394Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: French14411452Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Spanish14051428Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Russian14171408GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Text: Polish14151419Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: multi-turn14291428GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries14081419Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: writing and language13931392GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13731368GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision: English12441256Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Vision: Chinese12861283GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision: reading text12531253GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision: humor12351209GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1281Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things12181249Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Vision: creative writing12221220GPT-5.4 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeader
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-5.4 Mini$0.0030Fits in one request
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.0012Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-5.4 Mini$0.051Fits in one request
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.016Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-5.4 Mini$0.195Fits in one request
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.061Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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-5.4 Mini and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-5.4 MiniQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
MakerOpenAIQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedMarch 17, 2026September 23, 2025
Context window400K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.75$0.21
Output $/Mtok$4.50$1.90
Coding index35.8Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it50
Cost per solved task$0.70Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-5.4 Mini better than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for coding?

Only GPT-5.4 Mini has a coding score, 35.8 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for output tokens 2.4x cheaper ($1.90 vs $4.50 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: software and IT or LMArena Text: hard prompts, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Mini or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

GPT-5.4 Mini costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.21 and $1.90. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5.4 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5.4 Mini or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

GPT-5.4 Mini, with 400K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-5.4 Mini vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct comparison based on?

44 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-5.4 Mini's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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