Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs 5.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.1

Rank #119 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 27.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 91.3% for GPT-5.4 and 51.7% for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper at $0.40 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B specifications
GPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.442.1
Released2026-03-052026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$15$3.20
Results tracked6827

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena WebDev14651360
SciCode56.6%35.6%
LMArena Coding14971436
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%51.7%
CritPt23.4%0.9%
Thematic Generalization80%51.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851421
Mystery Game Puzzles37%17%
DTBench94.4%84.3%
LMCA52%32.2%
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%11.2%
LMArena Expert15071432
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Vision13031245
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Non-English14651400
LMArena Chinese15191462
LMArena French14931442
LMArena German14721426
LMArena Japanese14851367
LMArena Korean14481352
LMArena Russian14801400
LMArena Spanish14541424

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Instruction Following14691399

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Longer Query14731410
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Text14691417
LMArena Creative Writing14391368
LMArena Multi-Turn14821416
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs 5.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.

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