Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Qwen1.5-7B

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.2

Rank #178 Reported

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 41.7 to 31.6.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.230.8
Released2025-11-122024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked613

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.7 (#107), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
LMArena Coding—1107
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 37.8 (#32), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts—1066

Math Too close to call

GPT-5.1-Codex: 29.3 (#218), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
ProofBench9%—
LMArena Math—1080

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert—1055
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English—1058
LMArena Chinese—1140
LMArena Russian—1006

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following—1058

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query—1090

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text—1084
LMArena Creative Writing—1035
LMArena Multi-Turn—1061

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.7 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen1.5-7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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