Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 13.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 37.8% for GPT-4.5 and 84.4% for Qwen3.6 Flash.

Side by side

GPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.238.8
Released2025-02-272026-04-27
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.19
Output $ / M tokens—$1.13
Results tracked4213

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
LMArena Coding1396—
ALE-Bench—326.4

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
SimpleBench34.5%35.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74143.26
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
Chess Puzzles—20%
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1403—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—77.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
LMCA—31%
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%84.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
LiveBench Math69.3%—
LMArena Math1412—
MATH Level 578.6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond68.7%83.3%
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
Confabulations13.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1413—
LMArena Chinese1421—
LMArena French1418—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Russian1419—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1406—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.6 Flash
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 Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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