Model comparison
GPT-4 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 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 writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 34.9.
Side by side
| GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2023-03-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 8K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $60 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 31.6 (#283), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1254 | 1487 |
| WeirdML | 12.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 36.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 17.8 (#289), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1483 |
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 12% | — |
| DTBench | 62.7% | — |
| LMCA | 17.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.89 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.8 | — |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 10.8 (#309), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1474 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 23% | — |
| GSM8K | 92% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 18.4 (#282), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 35.7% | — |
| MMLU | 86.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 84.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 40.6 (#215), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1246 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1283 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1251 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1209 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1251 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1261 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 65.3 (#222), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1241 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 37.7 (#212), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1244 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GPT-4: 34.9 (#268), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1263 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1257 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 752 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-4 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.