Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 54.1 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 68.1% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.751.5
Released2026-05-052026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked2729

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14331471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482
SciCode48.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
Chess Puzzles12%20%
LMArena Hard Prompts14261457
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52149.24
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
CritPt0%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%91.1%
LMArena Math14201465
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond82.5%87.4%
LMArena Expert14091478
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14171437
LMArena Chinese14561487
LMArena French14281449
LMArena Russian14311445
LMArena Spanish14291454
LMArena German1411—
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14061438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14221457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text14191447
LMArena Creative Writing14191435
LMArena Multi-Turn14331456

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 44.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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