OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B

Qwen3.5-9B leads on average score with 5.1 vs 5.0. GPT-4o-mini has the lower benchmark cost at $0.010 vs $0.021. GPT-4o-mini is faster at 1.99s vs 19.17s, with pass rates of 22.7% vs 19.7%.

Recommended modelGPT-4o-miniIts score stays close to the best score here (5.0 vs 5.1), while costing about 2.1x less than Qwen3.5-9B.

Last updated at: 2026-07-25

Metric	GPT-4o-mini GPT-4o-mini none Release: 2024-07-18	Qwen3.5-9B Qwen3.5-9B none Release: 2026-03-02

Metric	GPT-4o-mini GPT-4o-mini none Release: 2024-07-18	Qwen3.5-9B Qwen3.5-9B none Release: 2026-03-02
Score	5.0	5.1
Rank	#189	#183
Reliability	10.0	10.0
Consistency	9.9	9.7
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate	22.7%	19.7%
Flaky tests	0	1
Total Runs	66	66
Cost per result	0.195	0.490
Total Cost	$0.010	$0.021
Input Price	$0.150 / 1M	$0.100 / 1M
Output Price	$0.600 / 1M	$0.150 / 1M
Total Input Tokens	53,136	144,407
Output Tokens	2,911	37,484
Reasoning Tokens	0	0
Response Time (avg)	1.99s	19.17s
Response Time (max)	7.58s	382.06s
Response Time (total)	29.86s	421.74s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#189 GPT-4o-mini

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Cost: $0.001
Time: 6.6s
Tokens: 742 tok

#183 Qwen3.5-9B

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Cost: $0.000
Time: 300.0s
Tokens: 0 tok

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Category Breakdown

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Anti-AI Tricks	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	4.8	10.0	25.0%	0		1.34s	618	186	0
Qwen3.5-9B	3.1	9.9	0.0%	0		1.71s	696	582	0

Coding	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	3.2	9.6	0.0%	0		1.63s	7,314	367	0
Qwen3.5-9B	3.9	7.8	11.1%	1		5.60s	7,913	1,042	0

Combined	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		6.32s	29,916	1,497	0
Qwen3.5-9B	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		193.98s	116,763	34,787	0

Data parsing and extraction	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		1.27s	7,161	183	0
Qwen3.5-9B	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		847ms	7,788	249	0

Domain specific	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		637ms	732	15	0
Qwen3.5-9B	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		464ms	789	24	0

General Intelligence	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	4.0	10.0	0.0%	0		909ms	480	66	0
Qwen3.5-9B	4.4	9.9	0.0%	0		552ms	522	99	0

Instructions following	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	6.3	10.0	50.0%	0		1.11s	666	69	0
Qwen3.5-9B	6.5	10.0	50.0%	0		514ms	711	75	0

Puzzle Solving	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	3.5	10.0	0.0%	0		1.21s	651	308	0
Qwen3.5-9B	3.2	10.0	0.0%	0		621ms	714	347	0

Tool Calling	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		2.51s	5,400	205	0
Qwen3.5-9B	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		1.27s	8,301	273	0

Trivia	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-4o-mini	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		794ms	198	15	0
Qwen3.5-9B	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		2.32s	210	6	0

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