GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Prices checked
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
OpenAIGPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
400k context · tool calling · reads images
$0.61/M tokensCheapest price, at Poe · $0.24 per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudQwen3.5 35B-A3B
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.16/M tokensCheapest price, at AIHubMix · 6.1¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.25/M
$0.25/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$2/M
$2/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.61/M at Poe
$0.16/M at AIHubMix
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.69/M
$0.69/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.24
6.1¢
Context
400k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
not published
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
13 Nov 2025
23 Feb 2026
Providers selling it
18
28
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 10
AIHubMix$0.69 / $0.16
OrcaRouter$0.69 / $0.16
Eden AI$0.69 / $0.35
NanoGPT$0.69 / $0.35
Nous Portal$0.69 / $0.35
OpenRouter$0.69 / $0.35
Kilo Gateway$0.69 / $0.45
Jiekou$0.65 / $0.69
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, then Qwen3.5 35B-A3B, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 10.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- Nous Portal · 50% dearer · $0.14 / $1 6.5¢ / $0.75
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B, at $0.16 per million tokens against $0.61 for GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: $0.61 at Poe. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: $0.16 at AIHubMix.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 10 providers sell both: AIHubMix, OrcaRouter, Eden AI, NanoGPT, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is AIHubMix.
- Which holds more context?
- GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, at 400k tokens against 262k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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