Compare/Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5 mini (minimal)

Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)vsGPT-5 mini (minimal)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Alibaba

Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.25/M
Output
$2/M
Speed
111 tok/s
TTFT
1.10s
OpenAI

GPT-5 mini (minimal)

Input
$0.25/M
Output
$2/M
Speed
98 tok/s
TTFT
0.86s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
GPT-5 mini (minimal)
Benchmarks (7-4)
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)GPT-5 mini (minimal)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.25$0.25
Output ($/M tokens)$2$2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)$0.45
GPT-5 mini (minimal)$0.45

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)
111 tok/s
GPT-5 mini (minimal)
98 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)
1.10s
GPT-5 mini (minimal)
0.86s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
37.120.7
Coding Index
30.321.9
Math Index
46.7
GPQA Diamond
84.5%68.7%
MMLU-Pro
77.5%
LiveCodeBench
54.5%
AIME 2025
46.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
19.7%5.0%
SciCode
37.7%36.9%
IFBench
72.5%45.6%
TerminalBench
26.5%14.4%
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)7 wins
4 winsGPT-5 mini (minimal)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) or GPT-5 mini (minimal)?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 for GPT-5 mini (minimal). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 111 tok/s vs 98 tok/s. However, GPT-5 mini (minimal) has lower time-to-first-token (0.86s vs 1.10s).

When should I use Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5 mini (minimal)?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.