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Model comparison

GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 nano scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 55.7.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.945.3
Released2026-03-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.25—
Results tracked4017

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14051487
SciCode46.9%—
WeirdML49.2%—
ALE-Bench1,005—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13811483
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 Too close to call

GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14061474
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 Too close to call

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13961489
GPQA Diamond78.5%—
SimpleQA Verified11.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1196—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English13591465
LMArena Chinese13921534
LMArena French13961484
LMArena German13671487
LMArena Japanese13431495
LMArena Korean13201438
LMArena Russian13631471
LMArena Spanish13711470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following13621467

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query13661476

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text13721470
LMArena Creative Writing13141464
LMArena Multi-Turn13821478

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 nano better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (43.6 vs 44.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 nano has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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