Data points: 89
Model compare
GPT-5 vs Qwen3
The readout for GPT-5 and Qwen3, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Key Takeaways
Weighted outcome: GPT-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-5
GPT-5 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 88 to 12.
Evidence depth
89 data points
Includes 11 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 10 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-5
The charts below split 21 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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Comparison sheet
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-5 and Qwen3: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GPT-5 | Qwen3 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 88.0 pts | 12.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 4 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | First-token latency, Provider coverage | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers |
| Context window | 400K tokens | 262.1K tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text | Input Text Output Text |
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
Model metadata
Model metadata
| Model compare | GPT-5 | Qwen3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | No data |
| Released | Aug 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | 235B / 22B active |
| Tokenizer | GPT | Qwen3 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-09-30 | 2025-06-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | openai/gpt-5 | qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 |
| References | No data | No data |
When to choose each model
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-5 and Qwen3: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GPT-5
GPT-5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (First-token latency, Provider coverage).
Qwen3
Qwen3 has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers.
Benchmark score comparison
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Category performance
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
- Model A coverage
- 7 / 8
- Model B coverage
- 5 / 8
- Shared
- 4 shared categories
Avg. score
GPT-5
50.9
Avg. score
Qwen3
45.5
Agents
GPT-5
Coding
GPT-5 leads by 0.3
Reasoning
GPT-5 leads by 3.2
Knowledge
GPT-5 leads by 12.4
Math
GPT-5 leads by 3.1
Multilingual
Qwen3
Multimodal
GPT-5
Instruction following
GPT-5
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GPT-5
winner67.0
Rank #27/111 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
Qwen3
53.0
Rank #74/111 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
GPT-5
$3.44/M
Rank #139/186 · confidence 4
Qwen3
winner$0.350/M
Rank #35/186 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$1.25/M
Rank #123/186 · confidence 4
Qwen3
winner$0.200/M
Rank #35/186 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$10.00/M
Rank #142/186 · confidence 4
Qwen3
winner$0.800/M
Rank #36/186 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner87.1%
Rank #12/129 · confidence 4
Qwen3
77.7%
Rank #75/129 · confidence 4
GPT-5
6.0%
Rank #158/216 · confidence 4
Qwen3
winner6.9%
Rank #144/216 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner67.3%
Rank #148/218 · confidence 4
Qwen3
65.9%
Rank #156/218 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner55.8%
Rank #49/115 · confidence 4
Qwen3
51.5%
Rank #57/115 · confidence 4
GPT-5
86.1%
Rank #42/73 · confidence 4
Qwen3
winner97.5%
Rank #10/73 · confidence 4
GPT-5
36.7%
Rank #35/68 · confidence 4
Qwen3
winner72.7%
Rank #18/68 · confidence 4
GPT-5
65.4
Rank #51/83 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
Qwen3
winner72.3
Rank #33/83 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GPT-5 | Qwen3 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GPT-5 | Qwen3 |
|---|---|---|
OpenRouter65 tests | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3 speed / latency 88 tok/s / 14234ms input / output No data |
SWT-API35 tests | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3 speed / latency 39 tok/s / 15961ms input / output No data |
V-API20 tests | GPT-5 speed / latency 95 tok/s / 1234ms input / output No data | Qwen3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
N1N10 tests | GPT-5 speed / latency 102 tok/s / 948ms input / output No data | Qwen3 speed / latency 79 tok/s / 10008ms input / output No data |
EasyMore5 tests | GPT-5 speed / latency 46 tok/s / 6577ms input / output No data | Qwen3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
GPT-5 gpt-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.147/M/$1.17/M | Qwen3 qwen3-235b speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | |
GPT-5 gpt-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | Qwen3 Qwen/Qwen3-4B speed / latency No data input / output $54.75/M/$54.75/M | |
GPT-5 gpt-5-2025-08-07 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | Qwen3 qwen3-8b speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
GPT-5 gpt-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | Qwen3 Qwen/Qwen3-8B speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
GPT-5 gpt-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.017/M/$0.137/M | Qwen3 qwen/qwen3-8b speed / latency No data input / output $0.0007/M/$0.0055/M |
FAQ
Weighted outcome: GPT-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
- Why is this comparison indexable?
- It has 6 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
- Are missing metrics invented?
- No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.