GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini vs Qwen3 Embedding 8B: side-by-side summary

GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini and Qwen3 Embedding 8B are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, from OpenAI, has a 400,000-token context window and is priced at $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 Embedding 8B, from Qwen, has a 32,768-token context window and is priced at $0.01/M tokens on OpenRouter.

Context window

• GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: 400,000 tokens
• Qwen3 Embedding 8B: 32,768 tokens

Price

• GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output
• Qwen3 Embedding 8B: $0.01/M tokens

Provided by

• GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: OpenAI
• Qwen3 Embedding 8B: Qwen

• GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 Embedding 8B model details, providers and pricing