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Compare GPT-5.1 and Qwen-Plus. Build AI products powered by either model on Appaca.
Model Comparison
| Feature | GPT-5.1 | Qwen-Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba Cloud |
| Model Type | text | text |
| Context Window | 400,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input Cost | $1.25/ 1M tokens | $0.12/ 1M tokens |
| Output Cost | $10.00/ 1M tokens | $0.29/ 1M tokens |
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Strengths & Best Use Cases
GPT-5.1
OpenAI1. Configurable Reasoning for Agentic Tasks
- Built to excel in autonomous or semi-autonomous coding workflows, with adjustable reasoning effort for planning, refactoring and debugging.
2. Fast Multi-Modal Input with Large Output
- Accepts both text and image inputs while producing text outputs.
- Offers up to 128 k output tokens, allowing long responses and code generation across multiple files.
3. Large Context & Knowledge Cut-Off
- 400 k token context window supports processing large codebases or documents.
- Knowledge cut-off of Sep 30 2024 ensures familiarity with recent tools and frameworks.
4. Reasoning Token Support
- Provides explicit support for reasoning tokens, enabling developers to fine-tune the balance between reasoning depth and speed.
Qwen-Plus
Alibaba Cloud1. Excellent balance of performance and cost
- Faster and cheaper than Max but still powerful.
2. Optional thinking mode
- Enhanced reasoning when needed.
- Non-thinking mode is very fast and cheap.
3. Huge context window
- Up to 1M tokens for long-document workflows.
4. Strong multilingual understanding
- Supports 100+ languages.
Prompts to Get Started
Use these prompts to power AI products you build on Appaca. Each works great with the models above.
Best for GPT-5.1
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Best for Qwen-Plus
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Speech Writing
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