o3-mini vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Comparison
Comparing o3-mini and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
o3-mini outperforms in 1 benchmarks (IFEval), while Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, Multi-Challenge, SWE-Bench Verified).
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, o3-mini ($1.10/1M tokens) is 2.8x more expensive than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ($0.40/1M tokens).
For output processing, o3-mini ($4.40/1M tokens) is 1.4x more expensive than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ($3.20/1M tokens).
In conclusion, o3-mini is more expensive than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B accepts 262,144 input tokens compared to o3-mini's 200,000 tokens. o3-mini can generate longer responses up to 100,000 tokens, while Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is limited to 64,000 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B supports multimodal inputs, whereas o3-mini does not.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
o3-mini
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
License
Usage and distribution terms
o3-mini is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.5-122B-A10B uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
o3-mini was released on 2025-01-30, while Qwen3.5-122B-A10B was released on 2026-02-24.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is 13 months newer than o3-mini.
Jan 30, 2025
1.1 years ago
Feb 24, 2026
2 weeks ago
1.1yr newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
o3-mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-09-30, while Qwen3.5-122B-A10B's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm o3-mini's training data extends to 2023-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3.5-122B-A10B's cutoff date.
Sep 2023
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Provider Availability
o3-mini is available from Azure, OpenAI. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
o3-mini
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
o3-mini
View detailsOpenAI
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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