Model comparison
GPT-5.2 Pro vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
GPT-5.2 Pro and Qwen3.6 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (52.3 vs 51.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 54.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 57.4% for GPT-5.2 Pro and 63% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper at $1.30 / $7.80 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
- GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 52.3 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2025-12-11 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 400K | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $21 | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $168 | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1471 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads
GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 57.4% | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.3% | 74.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.4 | 149.24 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 54.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 90.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads
GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 31.3% | 4.2% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 74% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1478 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1438 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
GPT-5.2 Pro and Qwen3.6 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (52.3 vs 51.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper. It lists at $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.