GPT-4ovsQwen3-Coder

GPT-4o
Qwen3-Coder
Specifications
Parameters
480B
Context window
128k
256k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
12%
Science
GPQA Diamond
49.9%
Overview
CompanyOpenAIQwen
Release dateMay 13 2024Jul 22 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight

Which is better: GPT-4o or Qwen3-Coder?

GPT-4o and Qwen3-Coder don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-4o shipped 435 days before Qwen3-Coder, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 128k (GPT-4o) vs 256k (Qwen3-Coder). GPT-4o is proprietary, while Qwen3-Coder is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — GPT-4o and Qwen3-Coder don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

GPT-4o was released by OpenAI on May 13 2024.

Qwen3-Coder was released by Qwen on Jul 22 2025.

GPT-4o has a 128k context window; Qwen3-Coder has 256k.

GPT-4o is a proprietary model released by OpenAI. Qwen3-Coder is an open weight model released by Qwen.

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