GPT-5vsQwen3-Coder
GPT-5 | Qwen3-Coder | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 480B |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given 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. | 21%Best | 20% |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | 1419 | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Release date | Aug 7 2025 | Jul 22 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Which is better: GPT-5 or Qwen3-Coder?
GPT-5 leads Qwen3-Coder on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Qwen3-Coder shipped 16 days before GPT-5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
GPT-5 is proprietary, while Qwen3-Coder is open weight.
On BullshitBench v2, GPT-5 leads at 21% vs Qwen3-Coder at 20%.
Frequently asked questions
GPT-5 was released by OpenAI on Aug 7 2025.
Qwen3-Coder was released by Qwen on Jul 22 2025.
GPT-5 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI. Qwen3-Coder is an open weight model released by Qwen.
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