Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.4 mini vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.8 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

44.8

Rank #69 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.3

Rank #319 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 mini scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 64.2 to 23.9.
  • Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index44.828.3
Released2026-03-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$4.50—
Results tracked4613

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.0 (#67), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1438999
FrontierCode27%—
LMArena WebDev1397—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML60.3%—
ALE-Bench1,189—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 29.6 (#74), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
DeepResearch Bench36.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 30.3 (#77), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1424976
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 Index148.83—
ForecastBench57—

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.4 (#63), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math14181026
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 49.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
ProofBench21%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)28.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.4 (#62), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1434980
GPQA Diamond86.9%—
SimpleQA Verified29.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 39.0 (#51), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Vision1245—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 52.1 (#94), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1405979
LMArena Chinese14461024
LMArena German1407902
LMArena Russian1417952
LMArena French1440—
LMArena Japanese1375—
LMArena Korean1369—
LMArena Spanish1403—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 74.3 (#99), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1405979

Long Context GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 42.9 (#107), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1407988

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 64.2 (#56), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1411997
LMArena Creative Writing1370969
LMArena Multi-Turn1429977
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1665—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 mini better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.8 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 mini or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.0 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 mini and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 mini has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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