Model comparison
GPT-5.4 Pro vs Qwen Max
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 24× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 72.4 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 94.6% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 56.1% for Qwen Max.
- Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
- GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 58.9 | 34.7 |
| Released | 2026-03-05 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 33K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $30 | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $180 | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| WeirdML | 57.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1288 |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 74.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 30% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 58.6% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 23.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1269 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 158.93 | — |
Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 50% | 1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 82.5% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 58.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.6% | 56.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 44.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1330 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1290 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1262 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1288 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1277 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Qwen Max?
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 24× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.
Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen Max better for coding?
GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Qwen Max share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.