GPT-5.4 Mini vs Qwen3 Max
List-price comparison ·GPT-5.4 Mini details ·Qwen3 Max details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Qwen3 Max is the cheapest — 8% less than the priciest here ($249.60/mo vs $270.00/mo).
| GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.750 | $0.780 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $4.50 | $3.90 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0027 | $0.0025 |
| Context window | 400k tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 128k tokens | 65,536 tokens |
| Quality score | 80/100 | 78/100 |
| Tier | Balanced | Balanced |
| Provider | OpenAI | Qwen |
Projected monthly cost
| Requests / mo | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $2.70 | $2.50 |
| 10,000 | $27.00 | $24.96 |
| 100,000 | $270.00 | $249.60 |
GPT-5.4 Mini
Good default for everyday chat, summarization, and lightweight agent steps where GPT-5.4-level reasoning isn't required.
Quality gap widens on long, multi-hop reasoning tasks — needs careful prompt design to avoid silent failures on edge cases.
Qwen3 Max
Strong multilingual reasoning (especially Chinese/English) and competitive coding benchmarks at open-weight pricing.
Cache-write pricing is unusually high relative to input cost — workloads that rely heavily on prompt caching should benchmark actual savings.
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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.