o3-mini vs Qwen3.5-27B Comparison
Comparing o3-mini and Qwen3.5-27B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
o3-mini outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.5-27B is better at 4 benchmarks (GPQA, IFEval, Multi-Challenge, SWE-Bench Verified).
Qwen3.5-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only o3-mini specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only o3-mini specifies output context (100,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3.5-27B supports multimodal inputs, whereas o3-mini does not.
Qwen3.5-27B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
o3-mini
Qwen3.5-27B
License
Usage and distribution terms
o3-mini is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.5-27B 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 Qwen3.5-27B was released on 2026-02-24.
Qwen3.5-27B 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 Qwen3.5-27B'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 Qwen3.5-27B's cutoff date.
Sep 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
o3-mini
View detailsOpenAI
Qwen3.5-27B
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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