Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #31 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 leads 59.8 to 37.3.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview specifications
GPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.144.7
Released2025-12-11—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6717

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 52.2 (#32), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14471488
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1415—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.0 (#24), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.1 (#33), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14451483
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.8 (#32), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.2 (#29), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14451489
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 50.9 (#7), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.2: 53.6 (#63), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14251465
LMArena Chinese14601534
LMArena French14561483
LMArena German14481487
LMArena Japanese14211497
LMArena Korean13901438
LMArena Russian14401472
LMArena Spanish14331470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.2: 74.9 (#83), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14171467

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#74), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14281477
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-5.2: 67.0 (#30), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14391471
LMArena Creative Writing14021464
LMArena Multi-Turn14581478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 43.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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