Model comparison

GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 nano costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 31 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 nano scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 41.9.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 11.7% for GPT-5.4 nano and 44.1% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.6 Plus specifications
	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
Provider	OpenAI	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	41.9	47.5
Released	2026-03-17	2026-03-31
Weights	Proprietary	Proprietary
Context window	400K	1M
Max output	128K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.20	$0.50
Output $ / M tokens	$1.25	$3
Results tracked	40	37

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
SciCode	46.9%	40.7%
LMArena Coding	1405	1467
ALE-Bench	1,005	670.15
SWE-bench Verified	—	57.9%
LMArena WebDev	—	1461
WeirdML	49.2%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2	—	5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
CritPt	9.3%	2.9%
Chess Puzzles	30%	17%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1381	1449
Mystery Game Puzzles	9%	12%
DTBench	80.3%	81.9%
LMCA	36.9%	33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index	145.81	147.65
ARC-AGI-2	5.7%	—
Kagi LLM Benchmark	39.7%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	—	60.3%
ARC-AGI-1	51.5%	—
Thematic Generalization	—	59.5%
ForecastBench	57.3	—

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	44.9%	38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	87.8%	93.3%
LMArena Math	1406	1450
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	25.9%	26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	6.3%	8.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4	12.2%	—
ProofBench	5%	—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond	78.5%	88.4%
SimpleQA Verified	11.7%	44.1%
LMArena Expert	1396	1454
Vectara Hallucination Rate	3.1%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Vision	1196	—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English	1359	1424
LMArena Chinese	1392	1477
LMArena French	1396	1455
LMArena German	1367	1452
LMArena Japanese	1343	1389
LMArena Korean	1320	1379
LMArena Russian	1363	1434
LMArena Spanish	1371	1432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1362	1425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query	1366	1439
CL-bench	—	20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text	1372	1437
LMArena Creative Writing	1314	1404
LMArena Multi-Turn	1382	1438

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 nano better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 nano has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.