Is Qwen 3 Max Thinking or GPT-5.2-Codex cheaper?

Qwen 3 Max Thinking is cheaper on output tokens ($6.00 vs $14.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen 3 Max Thinking or GPT-5.2-Codex?

GPT-5.2-Codex has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Qwen 3 Max Thinking vs GPT-5.2-Codex

Qwen 3 Max Thinking is cheaper on output tokens, while GPT-5.2-Codex offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen 3 Max Thinking or GPT-5.2-Codex based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen 3 Max Thinking	GPT-5.2-Codex
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$1.20	$1.75
Output / 1M tokens	$6.00	$14.00
Context window	256K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jan 2026	Dec 2025

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