GPT-4o mini vs Nova Pro vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPT-4o mini comes out ahead, 56 to 48 and 43 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
OpenAIGPT-4o mini
56/100- ECI126.6
- Price$0.15 / $0.60
- Context128K
AmazonNova Pro
48/100- ECI123.8
- Price$0.80 / $3.20
- Context300K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
43/100- ECI128.5
- Price$0.70 / $2.80
- Context131K
GPT-4o mini is our pick
GPT-4o mini is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Nova Pro (48) and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (43). It leads on price. Nova Pro wins on context window. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityQwen2.5 32B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 128.5 · GPT-4o mini 126.6 · Nova Pro 123.8
- Lowest priceGPT-4o miniGPT-4o mini $0.263 · Qwen2.5 32B Instruct $1.23 · Nova Pro $1.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextNova ProNova Pro 300,000 · Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 131,072 · GPT-4o mini 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsNova ProGPT-4o mini: Text, Images, PDFs · Nova Pro: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: Text
- Self-hostingQwen2.5 32B InstructPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | GPT-4o mini | Nova Pro | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 49 | 45 | 51 |
| Price | 25% | 77 | 43 | 46 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 70 | 70 | 25 |
| Context window | 10% | 24 | 39 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 56/100 | 48/100 | 43/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-4o miniOpenAI | Nova ProAmazon | Qwen2.5 32B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 126.6 | 123.8 | 128.5 (best) |
| ECI rank | #135 of 148 | #137 of 148 | #131 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 37.7% | — | 46.1% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 0.7% | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 6.9% | — | 7.4% (best) |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 8.3% | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.15 (best) | $0.80 | $0.70 |
| Output | $0.60 (best) | $3.20 | $2.80 |
| Cached input | $0.075 (best) | $0.20 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.263 (best) | $1.40 | $1.23 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official Amazon Bedrock API | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 300,000 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens (best) | 10,000 tokens | 8,192 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | gpt-4o-mini | amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 | qwen2-5-32b-instruct |
| API providers | 21 (best) | 3 | 1 |
| Released | Jul 18, 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 | Sep 17, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Sep 2023 | Oct 2024 | Apr 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-4o mini$2.70
- Nova Pro$14.40
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct$12.60
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-4o mini, Nova Pro or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
GPT-4o mini is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Nova Pro (48) and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (43). It leads on price. Nova Pro wins on context window. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o mini, Nova Pro or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
GPT-4o mini is cheaper at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). Qwen2.5 32B Instruct costs $0.70 input / $2.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price); Nova Pro costs $0.80 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Amazon Bedrock API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.263 per million tokens for GPT-4o mini versus $1.23 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (4.7× as much) and $1.40 for Nova Pro (5.3× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 128.5 (#131 of 148), GPT-4o mini 126.6 (#135 of 148) and Nova Pro 123.8 (#137 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (123.5–130.0 vs 120.5–128.5), so treat the gap as small.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-4o mini, Nova Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Pro has the largest context window at 300,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and 128,000 for GPT-4o mini. Maximum output per response: GPT-4o mini up to 16,384, Nova Pro up to 10,000, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-4o mini accepts text, images and PDFs; Nova Pro accepts text, images, PDFs and video; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts text. Nova Pro handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; GPT-4o mini and Nova Pro is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Nova Pro is the newest, released Dec 3, 2024. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct came out Sep 17, 2024; GPT-4o mini came out Jul 18, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-4o mini Sep 2023, Nova Pro Oct 2024, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 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.
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