Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3-4B

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

36.9

Rank #200 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3-4B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-4B leads 18.5 to 14.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 68.7% for GPT-4.5 and 52.3% for Qwen3-4B.
  • Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Qwen3-4B specifications
GPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.931.5
Released2025-02-272025-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked426

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
LMArena Coding1397—

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92), Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3-4B leads

GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1404—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200), Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%52.2%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
LiveBench Math69.3%—
LMArena Math1412—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond68.7%52.3%
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%
LMArena Expert1394—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68), Qwen3-4B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English1413—
LMArena Chinese1421—
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Russian1419—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1406—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3-4B
LMArena Text1417—
LMArena Creative Writing1394—
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LMArena Multi-Turn1444—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen3-4B?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen3-4B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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