Compare / Qwen3.5-Flash vs GPT-4.1
Qwen3.5-Flash vs GPT-4.1
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 10 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 10 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs OpenAI, every model from both labs.
Qwen3.5-Flash or GPT-4.1? The short answer
They score about the same, so pick Qwen3.5-Flash: it costs 31 times less per token.
- Qwen3.5-Flash is cheaper: $0.11 against $3.50 per million tokens, 31 times less.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: GPT-4.1 does better for writing and sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.5-Flash | GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.065 in · $0.26 out | $2.00 in · $8.00 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.11 | $3.50 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | $3.50 (Azure) |
| Intelligence Index | – | 12.7 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | – |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,047,576 tokens |
| Released | – | 14 Apr 2025 |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | the US |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3.5-Flash | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 142 · 119 of 387 measured | 1,396 | 1,415 |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 123 · 128 of 163 measured | 1,414 | 1,408 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 137 · 115 of 380 measured | 1,403 | 1,415 |
| SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result | ||
| Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 64 · 57 of 76 measured | 20.3% | 31.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results | ||
| Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 62 · 21 of 104 measured | 10.5% | 5.6% |
| Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 17 of 104 measured | 99.8% | 99.9% |
Show all 10 results (4 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.5-Flash | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 167 · 90 of 385 measured | 1,337 | 1,403 |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 135 · 147 of 338 measured | 1,419 | 1,405 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 148 · 118 of 387 measured | 1,381 | 1,403 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 149 · 98 of 386 measured | 1,367 | 1,405 |
Compare them with other models
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.5-Flash better than GPT-4.1?
They score about the same, so pick Qwen3.5-Flash: it costs 31 times less per token.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-Flash or GPT-4.1?
Qwen3.5-Flash is cheaper: $0.11 against $3.50 per million tokens, 31 times less.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-Flash or GPT-4.1?
GPT-4.1 ranks 41 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 143 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-Flash or GPT-4.1?
GPT-4.1 ranks 56 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 115 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-Flash or GPT-4.1?
GPT-4.1 ranks 93 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 119 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-Flash or GPT-4.1?
GPT-4.1: 1,047,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
Run Qwen3.5-Flash and GPT-4.1 on your own prompt
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