# GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is 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 larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 29.46 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.40 / $1.60 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 16.3 (Estimated · #129/148)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.6% | 69.6% | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 56.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 51 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.5 (Supported · #147/181)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 64.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 44.2 (#96/128)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 27 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 6.667% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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.

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- [Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b)
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- [Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b)

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