Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

OpenAI: o3 Mini vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B benchmark

Name: OpenAI: o3 Mini vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares OpenAI: o3 Mini (OpenAI) and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B wins on output price at $1/1M. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has the larger context window (262k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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OpenAI

OpenAI: o3 Mini

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Elo 1,560$4.4/1M out

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

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$1/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

OpenAI: o3 Mini (7)vsQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (3)

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 7W (70%)Overall: OpenAI: o3 MiniQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 3W (30%)

← OpenAI: o3 MiniQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B →

OpenAI: o3 Mini (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,560vs—

Coding Elo

1,585vs—

SWE-bench

78.5%vs—

LiveBench

72.4%vs—

GPQA Diamond

87.2%vs—

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 5WQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 0W

OpenAI: o3 Mini (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

92 tok/svs—

Time to first token

290 msvs—

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 2WQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 0W

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4.4/1Mvs$1/1M

Input price

$1.1/1Mvs$0.3/1M

Context window

200kvs262k

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 0WQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 3W

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Dimensional AdvantageOpenAI: o3 Mini 4/6

Preference Elo

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Throughput Speed

No shared data

Price Efficiency

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

$3.40/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,560

EloHigh is better

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Code Elo

High is better

1,585

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

72.4%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

78.5%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

87.2%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

290 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

92 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$1.1/1M

In $Low is better

$0.3/1M+267%

Out $

Low is better

$4.4/1M

Out $Low is better

$1/1M+340%

Context

High is better

200k

ContextHigh is better

262k+31%

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 76% with Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

OpenAI: o3 Mini$104.50 / mo

In: $38.50Out: $66.00

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$25.50 / mo

In: $10.50Out: $15.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is estimated to save $79.00/month ($948/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B:Pick Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Lower output list price ($1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Lower output list price ($1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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OpenAI

OpenAI: o3 Mini

Elo 1,560

LiveBench72.4%

SWE-bench78.5%

Speed92 tok/s

Output cost$4.4/1M

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$1/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, OpenAI: o3 Mini or Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, OpenAI: o3 Mini or Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B output tokens are $1/1M versus $4.4/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, OpenAI: o3 Mini or Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B accepts 262k tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. OpenAI: o3 Mini and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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OpenAI: o3 Mini vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

OpenAI: o3 Mini (7)vsQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (3)

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 7W (70%)Overall: OpenAI: o3 MiniQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 3W (30%)

← OpenAI: o3 MiniQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B →

OpenAI: o3 Mini (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,560vs—

Coding Elo

1,585vs—

SWE-bench

78.5%vs—

LiveBench

72.4%vs—

GPQA Diamond

87.2%vs—

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 5WQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 0W

OpenAI: o3 Mini (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

92 tok/svs—

Time to first token

290 msvs—

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 2WQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 0W

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4.4/1Mvs$1/1M

Input price

$1.1/1Mvs$0.3/1M

Context window

200kvs262k

OpenAI: o3 Mini: 0WQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Lower output list price ($1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionQwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Lower output list price ($1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, OpenAI: o3 Mini or Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, OpenAI: o3 Mini or Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B output tokens are $1/1M versus $4.4/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, OpenAI: o3 Mini or Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B accepts 262k tokens versus 200k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. OpenAI: o3 Mini and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.