Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Qwen2.5-Max

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #7 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.1

Rank #142 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 83.8 to 34.3.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
GPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index64.340.1
Released2026-04-232025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1427

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
LMArena Coding—1359

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.6 (#7), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
Epoch Capabilities Index162.45132.54
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1360
DTBench96%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LMCA53.9%—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 83.8 (#8), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
LMArena Math—1369
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.2 (#17), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
Confabulations—21.8%
LMArena Expert—1337

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English—1352
LMArena Chinese—1382
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1299
LMArena Korean—1304
LMArena Russian—1353
LMArena Spanish—1377

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%
LMArena Instruction Following—1335

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query—1358

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text—1367
LMArena Creative Writing—1339
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1364
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Qwen2.5-Max?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Qwen2.5-Max share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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