GPT-4o ("o" for "omni") is OpenAI's latest AI model, supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. It maintains the intelligence level of [GPT-4 Turbo](/models/openai/gpt-4-turbo) while being twice as fast and 50% more cost-effec…
Model details →OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking is the reasoning-optimized variant of the Qwen3-VL-8B multimodal model, designed for advanced visual and textual reasoning across complex scenes, documents, and temporal sequences. It integrates enhanced multimodal alig…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 131K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $6.00 | $0.12 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $18.00 | $1.36 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking |
Frequently asked questions
Is OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?
Input: $6.00 vs $0.12 per 1M tokens. Output: $18.00 vs $1.36 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking support?
OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) supports up to 128K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking support tool calling?
OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended): yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking: yes.