Model comparison
GPT-5.4 Pro vs Qwen Plus
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 112× 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 Plus 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 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 94.6% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 48.1% for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
- GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
Side by side
| GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 58.9 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2026-03-05 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $30 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $180 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 57.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1328 |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 74.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 30% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 58.6% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 23.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1317 |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 158.93 | — |
Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 50% | 1.7% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 82.5% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 58.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.6% | 48.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 44.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Qwen Plus?
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 112× 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 Plus?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.
Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen Plus better for coding?
GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Qwen Plus share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.