Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 62.4 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26.3% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 64.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.751.5
Released2026-05-052026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked2733

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
SciCode48.6%48.8%
LMArena Coding14331498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
CritPt0%13.4%
Chess Puzzles12%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts14261483
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52153.68
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LMCA—44%

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%95.6%
LMArena Math14201490
ProofBench—26%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond82.5%90.9%
LMArena Expert14091488
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

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

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

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14171474
LMArena Chinese14561530
LMArena Russian14311484
LMArena French1428—
LMArena German1411—
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1429—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14061460

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14221482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14191476
LMArena Creative Writing14191449
LMArena Multi-Turn14331481
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 44.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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