GPT-4 vs Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Vision Large
Vision Large comes out ahead, 84 to 15 and 15 on our weighted score.
OpenAIGPT-4
15/100- ECI—
- Price$30.00 / $60.00
- Context8K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)
15/100- ECI—
- Price$0.50 / $1.40
- Context8K
- Our pick
VisparkVision Large
84/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context1M
Vision Large is our pick
Vision Large is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against GPT-4 (15) and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceQwen Plus Character (Japanese)Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) $0.725 · GPT-4 $37.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Vision Large unpriced
- Longest contextVision LargeVision Large 1,000,000 · GPT-4 8,192 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 8,192 tokens
- Widest inputsVision LargeGPT-4: Text · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): Text · Vision Large: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | GPT-4 | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) | Vision Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 25 | 25 | 100 |
| Context window | 40% | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 15/100 | 15/100 | 84/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | GPT-4OpenAI | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)Alibaba (Qwen) | Vision LargeVispark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $30.00 | $0.50 (best) | — |
| Output | $60.00 | $1.40 (best) | — |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $37.50 | $0.725 (best) | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | — |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official Alibaba API | — |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 8,192 tokens | 8,192 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 512 tokens | 65,536 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | Yes |
| Video | No | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | No | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gpt-4 | qwen-plus-character-ja | — |
| API providers | 8 (best) | 1 | — |
| Released | Nov 6, 2023 | Jan 2024 | May 15, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Nov 2023 | Apr 2024 | — |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-4$420.00
- Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)$7.80
- Vision Large—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-4, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Vision Large?
Vision Large is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against GPT-4 (15) and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Vision Large?
Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is cheaper at $0.50 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). GPT-4 costs $30.00 input / $60.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.725 per million tokens for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) versus $37.50 for GPT-4 (52× as much). Vision Large has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. GPT-4 has not been scored yet, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) has not been scored yet and Vision Large has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-4, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Vision Large yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Vision Large has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 8,192 for GPT-4 and 8,192 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese). Maximum output per response: GPT-4 up to 8,192, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) up to 512, Vision Large up to 65,536 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-4 accepts text; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) accepts text; Vision Large accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Vision Large handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. GPT-4, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Vision Large are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Vision Large is the newest, released May 15, 2024. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) came out Jan 2024; GPT-4 came out Nov 6, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-4 Nov 2023, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) Apr 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
