Model comparison
GPT-5.3 Chat vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
GPT-5.3 Chat and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.8 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.3 Chat leads 63.1 to 60.0.
- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper at $0.40 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Chat.
- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.8 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 16K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.75 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $14 | $3.20 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 41.4 (#124), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1408 | 1436 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1360 |
| SciCode | — | 35.6% |
Reasoning GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 28.5 (#102), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1399 | 1421 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 51.7% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 51.2% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 84.3% |
| LMCA | — | 32.2% |
Math Too close to call
GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.2 (#142), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1389 | 1432 |
Knowledge Too close to call
GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.8 (#140), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1397 | 1432 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.3 Chat: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1245 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 50.3 (#124), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1382 | 1400 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1432 | 1462 |
| LMArena French | 1397 | 1442 |
| LMArena German | 1384 | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1352 | 1367 |
| LMArena Korean | 1346 | 1352 |
| LMArena Russian | 1400 | 1400 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1371 | 1424 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 72.8 (#129), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1378 | 1399 |
Long Context Too close to call
GPT-5.3 Chat: 42.6 (#120), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1396 | 1410 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 63.1 (#68), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1389 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1355 | 1368 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1412 | 1416 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1690 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.3 Chat better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?
GPT-5.3 Chat and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.8 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.3 Chat or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Chat lists at $1.75 and $14.
Is GPT-5.3 Chat or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?
GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Chat and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Chat has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.