GPT-4.1 minivsQwen3.6-Plus
GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.6-Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | $0.40 | $0.50 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | $1.60 | $3.00 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | $0.10 | — |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $0.40Azure | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $1.60Azure | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 23.6% | 78.8% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 72% |
Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsMultidisciplinary reasoning — Humanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 28.8% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Release date | Apr 14 2025 | Apr 2 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Qwen3.6-Plus leads GPT-4.1 mini on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper on both input and output: $0.40 vs $0.50 per million input tokens, and $1.60 vs $3.00 per million output tokens. Figures are base-tier rates. GPT-4.1 mini shipped 353 days before Qwen3.6-Plus, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Qwen3.6-Plus leads at 78.8% vs GPT-4.1 mini at 23.6%.
GPT-4.1 mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 14 2025.
Qwen3.6-Plus was released by Qwen on Apr 2 2026.
Qwen3.6-Plus leads on SWE-Bench Verified — GPT-4.1 mini 23.6% vs Qwen3.6-Plus 78.8%.
GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper on both input and output: $0.40 vs $0.50 per million input tokens, and $1.60 vs $3.00 per million output tokens. Figures are base-tier rates. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.