Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash vs OpenAI: GPT Mini Latest
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash | OpenAI: GPT Mini Latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | qwen | ~openai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.03/M | $0.75/M |
| Output Price | $0.13/M | $4.50/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 400,000 |
| Max Output | 65,536 | 128,000 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Qwen3.7 Flash costs $0.062 and GPT Mini Latest costs $1.88, so Qwen3.7 Flash is about 30.0 times cheaper for the same work.
Qwen3.7 Flash reads up to 1,000,000 tokens at once, roughly 1,500 pages of text, against about 600 pages for GPT Mini Latest.
Only Qwen3.7 Flash offers video input.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Qwen3.7 Flash scores higher on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Qwen3.7 Flash was released in July 2026 and GPT Mini Latest in April 2026.
Pick Qwen3.7 Flash if you need lower cost, long documents, video input or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash | OpenAI: GPT Mini Latest |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 134 | 133 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 130 |
| Code Documentation | 132 | 130 |
| Regex Writing | 120 | 119 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 134 | 133 |
| JSON Extraction | 132 | 130 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 130 | 128 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 138 | 137 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 124 | 123 |
| Blog Post Writing | 122 | 121 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →