Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

GPT-4o mini vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), GPT-4o mini is 71.4% cheaper ($78.19/mo vs $273.00/mo), while GPT-4o mini leads in token generation speed (140 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric GPT-4o mini (OpenAI) Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI) (Together AI) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.150 $0.800 GPT-4o mini
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.075 $0.400 GPT-4o mini
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $0.60 $0.80 GPT-4o mini
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1224 LMSYS Elo 1230 LMSYS Elo Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $78.19 / mo $273.00 / mo GPT-4o mini (-71.4%)
Context Window 128,000 tokens 32,768 tokens GPT-4o mini
Output Speed (Throughput) 140 tokens/sec 115 tokens/sec GPT-4o mini
Batch API Discount -50% (OpenAI) -50% (Together AI) OpenAI
Primary Workload Fit High-volume classification, extraction, RAG summarization, low-cost chatbots Automated unit test generation, SQL query authoring, IDE completion tools Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try GPT-4o mini → Try Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI) → Open Full Simulator