Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Qwen3.7 Max

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 5 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.2 leads 40.2 to 22.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 49% for GPT-5.2 and 19% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper at $2.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.2.
  • Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
GPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.151.5
Released2025-12-112026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K1M
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$14$7.50
Results tracked6733

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
SWE-bench Verified73.8%77.3%
LMArena WebDev14161515
LMArena Coding14471498
ALE-Bench1,2941,189
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
SciCode—48.8%
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
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%—
GBAEval—0.4%
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.2 (#35), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
SimpleBench45.8%70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%85.1%
Chess Puzzles49%19%
EBR-Bench23%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14451483
Mystery Game Puzzles23%32%
DTBench90.9%92.3%
LMCA43.9%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45153.68
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
CritPt—13.4%
EnigmaEval10.4%—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond91.4%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified37.1%55.8%
LMArena Expert14451488
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Qwen3.7 Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14251474
LMArena Chinese14601530
LMArena Russian14401484
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1448—
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14171460

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14281482
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14391476
LMArena Creative Writing14011449
LMArena Multi-Turn14581481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is GPT-5.2 or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 50.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.7 Max share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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