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Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview vs Qwen3 Max

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Openai

Model

Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Alibaba

Model

Qwen3 Max

Tool calling

Context window

258K

258,048 tokens · ~194K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview128K
Qwen3 Max258K

Qwen3 Max has about 2× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Qwen3 Max has 101% more context capacity (258K vs 128K tokens). Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview is 92% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Qwen3 Max. Its 258K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview. Input tokens are 92% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Qwen3 Max. Its 65K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecGpt 4o Mini Audio PreviewQwen3 Max
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)258,048 tokens (258K)
Max output tokens16,384 tokens (16K)65,536 tokens (65K)
Speed tierFastBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingNoYes
Batch APIYesNo
Release dateN/ASep 2025

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderGpt 4o Mini Audio Preview inGpt 4o Mini Audio Preview outQwen3 Max inQwen3 Max out
Alibaba Cloud————
Novita——$2.11/M$8.45/M
Openai$0.150/M$0.600/M——

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3 Max has a larger context window: 258K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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