Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head

GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen2.5 3B Instruct

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · GPT-4.1 Mini · Qwen2.5 3B Instruct are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
GPT-4.1 Mini
#118 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct
#201 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
GPT-4.1 Mini
44.5 pts/$
$1.00/M
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct
no price
Vendor risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Alibaba logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
OpenAI logoGPT-4.1 Mini$0.40$1.601.0M tokens (~524 books)$7.00
Alibaba logoQwen2.5 3B Instruct