GPT-5 Pro vs Qwen3 Coder Plus (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: GPT-5 Pro vs. Qwen3 Coder Plus
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Overview
Qwen3 Coder Plus was released 13 days before GPT-5 Pro.
 GPT-5 Pro |  Qwen3 Coder Plus | |
|---|---|---|
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 | 1M tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 128K tokens | 65.5K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | October 6, 2025 9 months ago October 6th, 2025 | September 23, 2025 10 months ago September 23rd, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | September 30, 2024 | June 30, 2025 |
Capabilities & Features
Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
GPT-5 Pro | Qwen3 Coder Plus | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 🖼️Image📝Text📁File | 📝Text |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Always enabledEffort: HighDefault: High | Optional |
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 OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Pricing
GPT-5 Pro is roughly 23.1x more expensive compared to Qwen3 Coder Plus for input tokens and roughly 36.9x more expensive for output tokens.
| GPT-5 Pro | Qwen3 Coder Plus | |
|---|---|---|
Short Context Pricing Base rates before a long-context threshold applies | ||
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $15.00 per million tokens | $0.65 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $120.00 per million tokens | $3.25 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 | Not specified | $0.13 per million tokens |
Cache Write Cost Cost to write input tokens to the cache | Not specified | $0.81 per million tokens |
Long Context Pricing Rates for prompts with 32,000 or more tokens | ||
Input Token Cost Long-context input cost per million tokens | Not specified | $1.17 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Long-context output cost per million tokens | Not specified | $5.85 per million tokens |
Cache Read Cost Long-context cache read cost per million tokens | Not specified | $0.23 per million tokens |
Cache Write Cost Long-context cache write cost per million tokens | Not specified | $1.46 per million tokens |
Long Context Pricing Rates for prompts with 128,000 or more tokens | ||
Input Token Cost Long-context input cost per million tokens | Not specified | $1.95 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Long-context output cost per million tokens | Not specified | $9.75 per million tokens |
Cache Read Cost Long-context cache read cost per million tokens | Not specified | $0.39 per million tokens |
Cache Write Cost Long-context cache write cost per million tokens | Not specified | $2.44 per million tokens |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes GPT-5 Pro and Qwen3 Coder Plus unique.
GPT-5 Pro 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. Premium pricing at $15.00/M input and $120.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released October 6th, 2025.Qwen3 Coder Plus by Qwen can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Reasonably priced at $0.65/M input and $3.25/M output tokens. Released September 23rd, 2025.Explore More Comparisons
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