Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3.5-Flash

Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Qwen3.5-Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

42.5

Rank #112 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.5-Flash in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5-Flash leads 33.7 to 13.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 37.8% for GPT-4.5 and 84.4% for Qwen3.5-Flash.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.5-Flash specifications
GPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.242.5
Released2025-02-272026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.10
Output $ / M tokens—$0.40
Results tracked4232

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Qwen3.5-Flash: 34.2 (#242)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Coding13961412
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
LMArena WebDev—1244
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
ALE-Bench—221.8

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Qwen3.5-Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
Cybench17.5%—
Vending-Bench 2—462.69

Reasoning Qwen3.5-Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Qwen3.5-Flash: 33.7 (#72)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts14031403
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74143.98
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
Chess Puzzles—21%
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—20%
DTBench—82.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
LMCA—29.1%
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Qwen3.5-Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Qwen3.5-Flash: 37.4 (#158)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%84.4%
LMArena Math14121407
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.2%
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—6.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.5-Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Qwen3.5-Flash: 43.2 (#93)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
GPQA Diamond68.7%82.3%
LMArena Expert13941407
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
SimpleQA Verified—20.3%
Confabulations13.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Qwen3.5-Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Qwen3.5-Flash: 50.5 (#121)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Non-English14131385
LMArena Chinese14211446
LMArena French14181412
LMArena German14571390
LMArena Japanese14161368
LMArena Korean13921344
LMArena Russian14191379
LMArena Spanish—1400

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Qwen3.5-Flash: 72.6 (#139)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14041374
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Qwen3.5-Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Qwen3.5-Flash: 42.4 (#124)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Longer Query14061392
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5-Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Qwen3.5-Flash: 57.9 (#122)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text14171397
LMArena Creative Writing13941343
LMArena Multi-Turn14441393
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen3.5-Flash?

Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Qwen3.5-Flash better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.5-Flash share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-Flash has 32.

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