Model Comparison

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 vs GPT-5

GPT-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is 3.5x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while GPT-5 is better at 6 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, Tau2 Airline, Tau2 Retail, Tau2 Telecom).

GPT-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 costs less

For input processing, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 ($0.30/1M tokens) is 4.2x cheaper than GPT-5 ($1.25/1M tokens).

For output processing, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 ($3.00/1M tokens) is 3.3x cheaper than GPT-5 ($10.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, GPT-5 is more expensive than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Input tokens$0.30
Output tokens$3.00
Best providerFireworks
OpenAI
GPT-5
Input tokens$1.25
Output tokens$10.00
Best providerOpenAI
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

GPT-5 accepts 400,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507's 262,144 tokens. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 can generate longer responses up to 131,072 tokens, while GPT-5 is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Input262,144 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
OpenAI
GPT-5
Input400,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

GPT-5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 does not.

GPT-5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

Text
Images
Audio
Video

GPT-5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is licensed under Apache 2.0, while GPT-5 uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

Apache 2.0

Open weights

GPT-5

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 was released on 2025-07-25, while GPT-5 was released on 2025-08-07.

GPT-5 is 0 month newer than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

Jul 25, 2025

8 months ago

GPT-5

Aug 7, 2025

7 months ago

1w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-30, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-5's training data extends to 2024-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507's cutoff date.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

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GPT-5

Sep 2024

Provider Availability

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is available from Fireworks, Novita. GPT-5 is available from OpenAI.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

fireworks logo
Fireworks
Input Price:Input: $0.30/1MOutput Price:Output: $3.00/1M
novita logo
Novita
Input Price:Input: $0.30/1MOutput Price:Output: $3.00/1M

GPT-5

openai logo
OpenAI
Input Price:Input: $1.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $10.00/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
OpenAI
Larger context window (400,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (94.6% vs 92.3%)
Higher GPQA score (85.7% vs 81.1%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (24.8% vs 18.2%)
Higher Tau2 Airline score (62.6% vs 58.0%)
Higher Tau2 Retail score (81.1% vs 71.9%)
Higher Tau2 Telecom score (96.7% vs 45.6%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
OpenAI
GPT-5

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 vs GPT-5

GPT-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and GPT-5 is made by OpenAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 scores MMLU-Redux: 93.8%, AIME 2025: 92.3%, WritingBench: 88.3%, IFEval: 87.8%, Creative Writing v3: 86.1%. GPT-5 scores SWE-Lancer (IC-Diamond subset): 100.0%, COLLIE: 99.0%, Tau2 Telecom: 96.7%, OpenAI-MRCR: 2 needle 128k: 95.2%, AIME 2025: 94.6%.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is 4.2x cheaper for input tokens. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 costs $0.30/M input and $3.00/M output via fireworks. GPT-5 costs $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output via openai.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 supports 262K tokens and GPT-5 supports 400K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (262K vs 400K), input pricing ($0.30 vs $1.25/M), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and GPT-5 is developed by OpenAI.