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Qwen3.6 Plus vs GPT-5 Mini
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Winner summary
Qwen3.6 Plus wins on 7/8 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Plus wins 7 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · math.
Category leads
coding·Qwen3.6 Plusreasoning·Qwen3.6 Pluslanguage·GPT-5 Minimath·Qwen3.6 Plusknowledge·Qwen3.6 Plus
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.6 Plus
#12 by perf·no signal
GPT-5 Mini
#63 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.6 Plus
1.3x better value than GPT-5 Mini
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.3 pts/$
$1.14/M
GPT-5 Mini
49.8 pts/$
$1.13/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3.6 PlusGPT-5 Mini
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +20.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
55.0
GPT-5 Mini
35.0
LiveBench · Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +2.1
Qwen3.6 Plus
78.2
GPT-5 Mini
76.1
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +20.3
Qwen3.6 Plus
69.9
GPT-5 Mini
49.6
LiveBench · If
GPT-5 Mini leads by +5.9
Qwen3.6 Plus
58.3
GPT-5 Mini
64.2
LiveBench · Language
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +5.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.0
GPT-5 Mini
69.2
LiveBench · Mathematics
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +9.3
Qwen3.6 Plus
83.7
GPT-5 Mini
74.4
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +9.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
70.8
GPT-5 Mini
61.0
LiveBench · Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +17.2
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.8
GPT-5 Mini
58.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | GPT-5 Mini |
|---|---|---|
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 55.0 | 35.0 |
LiveBench · Coding | 78.2 | 76.1 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 69.9 | 49.6 |
LiveBench · If | 58.3 | 64.2 |
LiveBench · Language | 75.0 | 69.2 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 83.7 | 74.4 |
LiveBench · Overall | 70.8 | 61.0 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 75.8 | 58.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 Plus | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $7.31 |
| GPT-5 Mini | $0.25 | $2.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $6.88 |