GPT-5.1-Codex-Max vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: GPT-5.1-Codex-Max vs. Qwen3 30B A3B
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Overview
Qwen3 30B A3B was released 7 months before GPT-5.1-Codex-Max.
 GPT-5.1-Codex-Max |  Qwen3 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | OpenAI | Qwen |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 400K tokens | 131.1K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 128K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | December 4, 2025 7 months ago December 4th, 2025 | April 28, 2025 1 year ago April 28th, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | Not reported | March 31, 2025 |
Capabilities & Features
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GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | Qwen3 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text🖼️Image | 📝Text |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Always enabledEffort: Extra High, High, Medium, LowDefault: Medium | Enabled by default |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | GPT | Qwen3 |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning Mode✓Content Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Proprietary | Available on HuggingFace → |
Pricing
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is roughly 10.4x more expensive compared to Qwen3 30B A3B for input tokens and roughly 20.0x more expensive for output tokens.
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | Qwen3 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $1.25 per million tokens | $0.12 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $10.00 per million tokens | $0.50 per million tokens |
Web Search Cost Additional cost for each web search operation | $0.01 per search | Not specified |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.13 per million tokens | Not specified |
Benchmarks
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| GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | Qwen3 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | Benchmark not available. | 997 Elo (#97 in Data Viz (39.0% win rate)) |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes GPT-5.1-Codex-Max and Qwen3 30B A3B unique.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 400K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released December 4th, 2025.Qwen3 30B A3B by Qwen can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131.1K token context window. Very affordable at $0.12/M input and $0.50/M output tokens. Released April 28th, 2025.Explore More Comparisons
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