o4-minivsQwen3-Coder
o4-mini | 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. | 8% | 20%Best |
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Release date | Apr 16 2025 | Jul 22 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Which is better: o4-mini or Qwen3-Coder?
Qwen3-Coder leads o4-mini on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). o4-mini shipped 97 days before Qwen3-Coder, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
o4-mini is proprietary, while Qwen3-Coder is open weight.
On BullshitBench v2, Qwen3-Coder leads at 20% vs o4-mini at 8%.
Frequently asked questions
o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Qwen3-Coder was released by Qwen on Jul 22 2025.
o4-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI. Qwen3-Coder is an open weight model released by Qwen.
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