Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen2.5-Max

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 nano scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 41.9 to 35.3.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.940.7
Released2026-03-172025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.25—
Results tracked4027

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding14051359
SciCode46.9%—
WeirdML49.2%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
ALE-Bench1,005—

Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13811360
Epoch Capabilities Index145.81132.53
ARC-AGI-25.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark39.7%—
ARC-AGI-151.5%—
CritPt9.3%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles9%—
DTBench80.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LMCA36.9%—
ForecastBench57.3—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math14061369
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench5%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
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), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert13961337
GPQA Diamond78.5%—
SimpleQA Verified11.7%—
Confabulations—21.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78), Qwen2.5-Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision1196—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English13591352
LMArena Chinese13921382
LMArena French13961396
LMArena German13671350
LMArena Japanese13431300
LMArena Korean13201304
LMArena Russian13631353
LMArena Spanish13711377

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following13621335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query13661358

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text13721367
LMArena Creative Writing13141339
LMArena Multi-Turn13821364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 nano better than Qwen2.5-Max?

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 nano has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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