# GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen3.5 397B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3.5 397B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-qwen3-5-397b
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3.5 397B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-4.1 mini has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-4.1 mini has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 29.09 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.40 / $1.60 | $0.60 / $3.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 52.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 56.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 68.4% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 37.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 36.3% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 46.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 46.76% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 14.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 19.8 (Estimated · #123/143)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.6% | 76.2% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 50.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 52.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 61 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 47.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 63.9 (#28/50)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.1 (Supported · #136/169)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 64.2% | 88.4% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.9% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 69.7 (#5/12)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (#94/124)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 0 (#124/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.5% | 92.6% | Qwen3.5 397B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 73.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 4.483% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 94.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 80.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3.5 397B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Qwen3.5 397B vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-qwen3-5-397b)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [Qwen3.5 397B vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-qwen3-5-397b)

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- [GPT-4.1 mini profile](/models/gpt-4-1-mini)
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