Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Qwen3.7 Flash

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Flash in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 38.3 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 68.1% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 86.7% for Qwen3.7 Flash.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.739.9
Released2026-05-052026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.03
Output $ / M tokens—$0.13
Results tracked277

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
SciCode48.6%—
LMArena Coding1433—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
Chess Puzzles12%23%
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52144.64
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1426—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%86.7%
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
LMArena Math1420—

Knowledge Too close to call

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond82.5%82.3%
LMArena Expert1409—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1417—
LMArena Chinese1456—
LMArena French1428—
LMArena German1411—
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Russian1431—
LMArena Spanish1429—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1406—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1422—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1419—
LMArena Creative Writing1419—
LMArena Multi-Turn1433—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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