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GPT-5 Mini vs Qwen3 32B
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Winner summary
GPT-5 Mini wins on 5/6 benchmarks
GPT-5 Mini wins 5 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · general · math.
Category leads
knowledge·GPT-5 Minigeneral·GPT-5 Minimath·GPT-5 Mini
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5 Mini
#108 by perf·#4 by attention
Qwen3 32B
#109 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Qwen3 32B
6.2x better value than GPT-5 Mini
GPT-5 Mini
45.8 pts/$
$1.13/M
Qwen3 32B
286.1 pts/$
$0.18/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5 MiniQwen3 32B
Chess Puzzles
GPT-5 Mini leads by +26.3
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
GPT-5 Mini
26.4
Qwen3 32B
0.0
Dtbench
GPT-5 Mini leads by +21.8
GPT-5 Mini
67.5
Qwen3 32B
45.8
Fiction.LiveBench
Qwen3 32B leads by +4.8
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
GPT-5 Mini
69.4
Qwen3 32B
74.2
GPQA diamond
GPT-5 Mini leads by +12.4
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-5 Mini
66.7
Qwen3 32B
54.3
Lmca
GPT-5 Mini leads by +19.9
GPT-5 Mini
40.2
Qwen3 32B
20.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
GPT-5 Mini leads by +19.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
GPT-5 Mini
86.7
Qwen3 32B
66.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 26.4 | 0.0 |
Dtbench | 67.5 | 45.8 |
Fiction.LiveBench Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination. | 69.4 | 74.2 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 66.7 | 54.3 |
Lmca | 40.2 | 20.3 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 86.7 | 66.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.25 | $2.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $6.88 | |
| $0.08 | $0.28 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $1.30 |