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GPT-4.1 vs Qwen3.6-Flash

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric GPT-4.1 Qwen3.6-Flash
Input cost / 1M $2.00 $0.25
Output cost / 1M $8.00 $1.50
Context window 1,047,576 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

GPT-4.1

Input: 1M × $2.00 = $2.00
Output: 1M × $8.00 = $8.00
Total
$10.00

Qwen3.6-Flash

Input: 1M × $0.25 = $0.25
Output: 1M × $1.50 = $1.50
Total
$1.75

Total cost savings

$8.25

Qwen3.6-Flash saves $8.25 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. GPT-4.1 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); Qwen3.6-Flash handles routine traffic.

Premium model

GPT-4.1

$2.00 in · $8.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

Qwen3.6-Flash

$0.25 in · $1.50 out / 1M

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All premium

GPT-4.1

$500.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%Qwen3.6-Flash

GPT-4.1

$170.00

Routine slice
$70.00
Premium slice
$100.00

Monthly savings

$330.00

66% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (gpt-4-1, qwen3-6-flash) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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