Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4 vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next Alibaba (Qwen)

34.3

Rank #232 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Coder Next in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 36.3 to 31.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 12.4% for GPT-4 and 34.4% for Qwen3 Coder Next.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $60 for GPT-4.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 8K.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.134.3
Released2023-03-142026-02-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window8K262K
Max output8K66K
Input $ / M tokens$30$0.12
Output $ / M tokens$60$0.80
Results tracked383

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads

GPT-4: 31.6 (#283), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
WeirdML12.4%34.4%
SciCode—32.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct46%—
LMArena Coding1254—
BigCodeBench Complete57.2%—
HumanEval+79.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
METR Time Horizons36.1%—

Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads

GPT-4: 17.8 (#289), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1241—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench62.7%—
LMCA17.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard75.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index125.89—
ForecastBench57.8—
HellaSwag95.3%—
WinoGrande87.5%—

Math Not comparable

GPT-4: 10.8 (#309), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
LMArena Math1269—
MATH Level 523%—
GSM8K92%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4: 18.4 (#282), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
GPQA Diamond35.7%—
LMArena Expert1211—
MMLU86.4%—
TriviaQA84.8%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4: 40.6 (#215), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Non-English1246—
LMArena Chinese1242—
LMArena French1283—
LMArena German1251—
LMArena Japanese1209—
LMArena Korean1184—
LMArena Russian1251—
LMArena Spanish1261—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-4: 65.3 (#222), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Instruction Following1241—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4: 37.7 (#212), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Longer Query1244—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-4: 34.9 (#268), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGPT-4Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Text1263—
LMArena Creative Writing1244—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing752—
LMArena Multi-Turn1257—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4 better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4 or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; GPT-4 lists at $30 and $60.

Is GPT-4 or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Qwen3 Coder Next share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.

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