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GPT-5 Mini vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

GPT-5 Mini leads Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 20.6 to 11.9, and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs 1.3x less per output token ($1.50 vs $2.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 48 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-5 Mini Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
GPT-5 MiniOpenAI
Coding
34.2
Overall
43.7
Output $/M
$2.00
37
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
11
vs boards won of 48 shared

GPT-5 Mini or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Only GPT-5 Mini has a coding score, 34.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($1.50 vs $2.00 per million) and work measured by SWE-bench Verified or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Model AGPT-5 MiniOpenAI34.2/1002 independent benchmarks$0.08 per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
48
GPT-5 Mini only
53
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
5
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 Mini 34.2 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 27.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
AA Math Index: GPT-5 Mini 90.7 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 39.3, 51.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-5 Mini $2.00 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
Context window
GPT-5 Mini takes 400K tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 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 MiniBarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding52
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning60
Math40
Knowledge50
Web design23
General136
All shared boards3711
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index52
Coding benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench Verified59.8%69.6%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SWE-bench Multilingual39.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1275Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)86.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)60.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)14.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)83.8%58.5%GPT-5 Mini
SciCode39.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)33.3%18.9%GPT-5 Mini
Terminal-Bench34.8%27.2%GPT-5 Mini
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdML52.7%41.2%GPT-5 Mini
ALE-BenchNot measured461.4Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: coding14061412Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: software and IT13941393GPT-5 Mini
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1257Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1287Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index20.611.9GPT-5 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index145.3Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom71.1%43.6%GPT-5 Mini
Vending-Bench 2-$31Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)55.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond80.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)78.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)82.8%61.8%GPT-5 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)21.5%4.5%GPT-5 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)75.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
ARC-AGI54.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-24.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Chess puzzles24.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzles10.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
VPCT40.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13801372GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: expert13791338GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13831380GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Vision: diagrams1202Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: homework1210Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%49.5%GPT-5 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AIME91.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)94.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)92.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
AA Math Index90.739.3GPT-5 Mini
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)90.7%39.3%GPT-5 Mini
OTIS Mock AIME86.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 346.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 412.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
ProofBench9.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MATH level 597.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math13781365GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work13801367GPT-5 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro82.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)81.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)68.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)75.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)66.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)96.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MedCode (Vals AI)43.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)83.7%78.8%GPT-5 Mini
SimpleQA Verified21.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science13711347GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13801347GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: legal and government13751358GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: business and finance13581343GPT-5 Mini
FACTS Benchmark Suite38.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
Web design benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websites11251158Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: UI components11031110Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: game dev11291098GPT-5 Mini
Design Arena: data viz11311084GPT-5 Mini
Design Arena: 3D1036Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Design Arena: all code categories11141142Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: SVG1091Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1125Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index136
General benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)43.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)80.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
IFBench75.4%40.5%GPT-5 Mini
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)72.3%45.7%GPT-5 Mini
DTBench80.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMCA34.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Fiction.LiveBench69.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)83.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Text13731357GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following13571355GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing13251333Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Vision1202Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Text: English13791359GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English13631346GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese13861357GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: German13661325GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: Japanese13411311GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean13081305GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: French13861398Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Spanish13541360Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Russian13621366Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Polish13781344GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: multi-turn13631366Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: longer queries13551378Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: writing and language13441340GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13401317GPT-5 Mini
LMArena Vision: English1216Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1214Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1199Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: humor1205Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1217Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1226Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1181Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-5 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
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 Mini$0.0013Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-5 Mini$0.018Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

GPT-5 Mini costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-5 Mini$0.070Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

GPT-5 Mini 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 Mini and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-5 MiniQwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerOpenAIQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 7, 2025July 23, 2025
Context window400K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.25$0.30
Output $/Mtok$2.00$1.50
Coding index34.2Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it21
Cost per solved task$0.08Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-5 Mini better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Only GPT-5 Mini has a coding score, 34.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($1.50 vs $2.00 per million) and work measured by SWE-bench Verified or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Mini or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5 Mini or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

GPT-5 Mini, with 400K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-5 Mini vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

48 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-5 Mini's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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