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Qwen3.7 Max vs GPT-4.1
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 8 results on 2 sources that measured both models.
Qwen3.7 Max or GPT-4.1? The short answer
- Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper: $2.21 against $3.50 per million tokens, 37% less.
- Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29.5 against 12.7.
- On our business benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Max ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts.
- On our business benchmarks, GPT-4.1 ranks higher for agents and tool use.
At a glance
| Qwen3.7 Max | GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $1.48 in · $4.42 out | $2.00 in · $8.00 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $2.21 | $3.50 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | $3.50 (Azure) |
| Intelligence Index | 29.5 | 12.7 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | – |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,047,576 tokens |
| 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 models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.
| Use case | Qwen3.7 Max | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls | 66 of 161 | 40 of 161 |
| Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge | 37 of 195 | 148 of 195 |
| WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality | not measured | 54 of 187 |
| Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers | 33 of 153 | 92 of 153 |
Every shared result
| Benchmark | Metric | Qwen3.7 Max | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysisreported | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score | 29.5 | 12.7 |
| Artificial Analysisreported | GPQA Diamond% of questions | 92.3% | 66.6% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Humanity's Last Exam% of questions | 40.5% | 4.2% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | IFBench% of instructions | 80.5% | 43.0% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions | 79.0% | 68.3% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks | 50.8% | 13.6% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Τ²-bench telecom% of tasks | 94.7% | 47.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)reported | Correct answers% of questions | 55.8% | 31.1% |
Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.7 Max better than GPT-4.1?
It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Qwen3.7 Max ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts; GPT-4.1 ranks higher for agents and tool use.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Max or GPT-4.1?
Qwen3.7 Max costs $2.21 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $3.50 for GPT-4.1.
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