Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.0 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.5

Rank #99 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.0

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.8 Max in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.1 to 26.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26.3% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 74.7% for Qwen3.8 Max.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.556.0
Released2026-05-052026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked2738

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.7 (#73), Qwen3.8 Max: 52.3 (#30)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
SciCode48.6%52.9%
LMArena Coding14331499
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1671
FrontierSWE—15.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 42.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.2 (#149), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
CritPt0%20%
Chess Puzzles12%40%
LMArena Hard Prompts14261493
Epoch Capabilities Index142.48156.69
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LMCA—46.2%

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.1 (#241), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.1 (#15)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%100%
LMArena Math14201498
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#68), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#25)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond82.5%92.7%
LMArena Expert14091504
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%

Multimodal GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 39.3 (#48), Qwen3.8 Max: 36.9 (#70)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision12501314
Furniture Assembly—20%
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 53.0 (#76), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.6 (#18)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14171468
LMArena Chinese14571537
LMArena French14281502
LMArena German14101489
LMArena Japanese14081466
LMArena Korean13931467
LMArena Russian14301478
LMArena Spanish14301495

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.4 (#94), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.7 (#19)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14071478

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#92), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.5 (#30)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14221486

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 62.0 (#81), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14191480
LMArena Creative Writing14201478
LMArena Multi-Turn14341487

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.0 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.3 versus 43.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Qwen3.8 Max share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 38.

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