Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 13.9.

Side by side

GPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.245.3
Released2025-02-27—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4217

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13961487
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14031483
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14121474
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13941489
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14131465
LMArena Chinese14211534
LMArena French14181484
LMArena German14571487
LMArena Japanese14161495
LMArena Korean13921438
LMArena Russian14191471
LMArena Spanish—1470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14041467
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14061476
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14171470
LMArena Creative Writing13941464
LMArena Multi-Turn14441478
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 42.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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