o4 Mini High vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen3 Coder Flash costs 4.5x less per output token than o4 Mini High ($0.975 vs $4.40 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $4.40
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.975
o4 Mini High or Qwen3 Coder Flash: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen3 Coder Flash takes 1M tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash
o4 Mini High $0.0033, Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.0007 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- o4 Mini High not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder Flash not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- o4 Mini High $4.40 against Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.975 per million output tokens, 4.5x apart.
- Context window
- o4 Mini High takes 200K tokens, Qwen3 Coder Flash 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index1 board measured
| Benchmark | o4 Mini High | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 826.2 | Not measured | Only o4 Mini High measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | o4 Mini High | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPval | 25.3% | Not measured | Only o4 Mini High measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 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
Qwen3 Coder Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash 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.
| Specification | OpenAI o4 Mini High | Qwen3 Coder Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 16, 2025 | September 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 200K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.10 | $0.195 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.40 | $0.975 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is o4 Mini High better than Qwen3 Coder Flash for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, o4 Mini High or Qwen3 Coder Flash?
o4 Mini High costs $1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.195 and $0.975. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, o4 Mini High or Qwen3 Coder Flash?
Qwen3 Coder Flash, with 1M tokens against 200K.
Has any benchmark tested both o4 Mini High and Qwen3 Coder Flash?
No benchmark has tested both yet. o4 Mini High has results on ALE-Bench and GDPval; Qwen3 Coder Flash has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.