Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 Plus in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 51.8 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 68.1% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.747.5
Released2026-05-052026-03-31
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked2737

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
SciCode48.6%40.7%
LMArena Coding14331467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
CritPt0%2.9%
Chess Puzzles12%17%
LMArena Hard Prompts14261449
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52147.65
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—81.9%
LMCA—33.1%

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%93.3%
LMArena Math14201450
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond82.5%88.4%
LMArena Expert14091454
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English14171424
LMArena Chinese14561477
LMArena French14281455
LMArena German14111452
LMArena Japanese14081389
LMArena Korean13921379
LMArena Russian14311434
LMArena Spanish14291432

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14061425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query14221439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text14191437
LMArena Creative Writing14191404
LMArena Multi-Turn14331438

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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