Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 40.1 to 30.3.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen3.5 Max Preview specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.645.3
Released2025-11-12—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked617

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
LMArena Coding—1487
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts—1483

Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProofBench9%—
LMArena Math—1474

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert—1489

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English—1465
LMArena Chinese—1534
LMArena French—1484
LMArena German—1487
LMArena Japanese—1495
LMArena Korean—1438
LMArena Russian—1471
LMArena Spanish—1470

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following—1467

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query—1476

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text—1470
LMArena Creative Writing—1464
LMArena Multi-Turn—1478

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 41.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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