Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.1

Rank #119 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads 27.2 to 13.9.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B specifications
GPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.242.1
Released2025-02-272026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$3.20
Results tracked4227

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Coding13961436
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
LMArena WebDev—1360
SciCode—35.6%
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Hard Prompts14031421
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)—51.7%
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
CritPt—0.9%
EnigmaEval3.2%—
Thematic Generalization—51.2%
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
LMCA—32.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Math14121432
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Expert13941432
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.2%

Multimodal Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Vision11951245
VPCT45%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Non-English14131400
LMArena Chinese14211462
LMArena French14181442
LMArena German14571426
LMArena Japanese14161367
LMArena Korean13921352
LMArena Russian14191400
LMArena Spanish—1424

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Instruction Following14041399
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Longer Query14061410
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Text14171417
LMArena Creative Writing13941368
LMArena Multi-Turn14441416
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.

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