Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.0 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

36.9

Rank #200 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.0

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.8 Max in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.1 to 31.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 37.8% for GPT-4.5 and 100% for Qwen3.8 Max.

Side by side

GPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.956.0
Released2025-02-272026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked4238

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102), Qwen3.8 Max: 52.3 (#30)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Coding13971499
DeepSWE—57.5%
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
LMArena WebDev—1671
FrontierSWE—15.8%
SciCode—52.9%
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92), Qwen3.8 Max: 42.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
Cybench17.5%—
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14041493
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74156.69
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
CritPt—20%
Chess Puzzles—40%
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
LMCA—46.2%
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.1 (#15)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%100%
LMArena Math14121498
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
ProofBench—58%
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#25)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond68.7%92.7%
LMArena Expert13941504
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%
Confabulations13.6%—

Multimodal Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68), Qwen3.8 Max: 36.9 (#70)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision11951314
VPCT45%—
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.6 (#18)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14131468
LMArena Chinese14211537
LMArena French14171502
LMArena German14571489
LMArena Japanese14161466
LMArena Korean13921467
LMArena Russian14191478
LMArena Spanish—1495

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.7 (#19)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14041478
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.5 (#30)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14061486
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14171480
LMArena Creative Writing13941478
LMArena Multi-Turn14441487
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.0 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.3 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.8 Max share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 38.

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