Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.4 mini vs Qwen Max

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

45.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 mini scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 45.5 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 88.9% for GPT-5.4 mini and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper at $0.75 / $4.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • GPT-5.4 mini accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index45.034.7
Released2026-03-172024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$4.50$6.40
Results tracked4623

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
LMArena Coding14381288
FrontierCode27%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1397—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML60.3%—
ALE-Bench1,189—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
DeepResearch Bench36.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14241269
ARC-AGI-218.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)61.8%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization61.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles11%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA40.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.84—
ForecastBench57—

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%16.1%
LMArena Math14191275
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)28.3%1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 49.8%—
ProofBench21%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
GPQA Diamond86.9%56.1%
LMArena Expert14351248
SimpleQA Verified29.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
LMArena Vision1245—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14051263
LMArena Chinese14461254
LMArena French14401330
LMArena German14091254
LMArena Japanese13741205
LMArena Korean13681142
LMArena Russian14171274
LMArena Spanish14051290

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14051262

Long Context GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14071288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen Max
LMArena Text14121282
LMArena Creative Writing13701248
LMArena Multi-Turn14291277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1665—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 mini better than Qwen Max?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 mini or Qwen Max?

GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is GPT-5.4 mini or Qwen Max better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 mini does, with 400K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 mini and Qwen Max share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 mini has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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