Model comparison
GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 40.8 to 14.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 37.8% for GPT-4.5 and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
Side by side
| GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.9 | 51.1 |
| Released | 2025-02-27 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1397 | 1472 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| Aider Polyglot | 44.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 75.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 34.5% | 63% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1404 | 1457 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.74 | 149.27 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 10.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| EnigmaEval | 3.2% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 71.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 64.3% | — |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| ForecastBench | 61.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 69% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 37.8% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1412 | 1465 |
| LiveBench Math | 69.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 78.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 68.7% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1476 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 5.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| Confabulations | 13.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1195 | — |
| VPCT | 45% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1421 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1417 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | 1444 |
| LMArena German | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1452 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1437 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 72.3% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | 1457 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 63.9% | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1394 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | 1456 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 75.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1258 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 61.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-4.5 or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.