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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.6-Plus

VS
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 mini

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Qwen3.6-Plus is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 2.2% higher on coding benchmarks. However, GPT-5.4 mini compensates by delivering 3.9x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, GPT-5.4 mini offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Qwen3.6-Plus fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Qwen3.6-Plus

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+2.2%)
56.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+2.9%)
90.4%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)1.5x cheaper
$1.13Input: $0.50 | Output: $3.00
Speed
52 tps
Context WindowLarger
1M tokens
Model Specs

GPT-5.4 mini

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
54.4%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
87.5%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$1.69Input: $0.75 | Output: $4.50
Speed3.9x faster
201 tps
Context Window
400k tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.6-Plus is cheaper than GPT-5.4 mini. Qwen3.6-Plus has a blended cost of $1.13/1M tokens, which is about 1.5x cheaper than GPT-5.4 mini at $1.69/1M tokens.

GPT-5.4 mini is faster than Qwen3.6-Plus. GPT-5.4 mini generates 201 tokens per second (tps) compared to Qwen3.6-Plus which generates 52 tokens per second.

Qwen3.6-Plus is better for coding tasks. It scores 56.6% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to GPT-5.4 mini which scores 54.4%.

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