Model comparison

GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen1.5-7B

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 nano scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 55.7 to 29.6.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.931.4
Released2026-03-172024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.25—
Results tracked4013

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding14051107
SciCode46.9%—
WeirdML49.2%—
ALE-Bench1,005—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts13811065
ARC-AGI-25.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark39.7%—
ARC-AGI-151.5%—
CritPt9.3%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
Mystery Game Puzzles9%—
DTBench80.3%—
LMCA36.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.81—
ForecastBench57.3—

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math14061080
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)25.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert13961055
GPQA Diamond78.5%—
SimpleQA Verified11.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.1%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Vision1196—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English13591058
LMArena Chinese13921141
LMArena Russian13631006
LMArena French1396—
LMArena German1367—
LMArena Japanese1343—
LMArena Korean1320—
LMArena Spanish1371—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following13621058

Long Context GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query13661090

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text13721083
LMArena Creative Writing13141035
LMArena Multi-Turn13821062

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 nano better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 nano has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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