Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Qwen3 Max

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 28× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 7 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #7 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 73.6 to 22.0.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 87.7% for GPT-5.5 Pro and 18.9% for Qwen3 Max.
Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.5 Pro.
GPT-5.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Qwen3 Max specifications
	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
Provider	OpenAI	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	64.3	43.5
Released	2026-04-23	2025-09-23
Weights	Proprietary	Proprietary
Context window	1.05M	262K
Max output	128K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$30	$1.20
Output $ / M tokens	$180	$6
Results tracked	14	33

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding	—	1456
ALE-Bench	—	370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2	—	71.56

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.6 (#7), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
Chess Puzzles	64%	4%
DTBench	96%	82.1%
LMCA	53.9%	28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	162.45	142.41
ARC-AGI-2	84.6%	—
SimpleBench	76.9%	—
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	30.1%
ARC-AGI-1	96.5%	—
CritPt	30.6%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1448
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	5%

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 83.8 (#8), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	87.7%	18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	100%	73.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4	78%	—
LMArena Math	—	1447
MATH Level 5	—	97.1%
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), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond	93.9%	72.6%
SimpleQA Verified	—	48.7%
LMArena Expert	—	1457

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English	—	1429
LMArena Chinese	—	1479
LMArena French	—	1450
LMArena German	—	1463
LMArena Japanese	—	1399
LMArena Korean	—	1397
LMArena Russian	—	1428
LMArena Spanish	—	1463

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1420

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench	—	66.7%
CL-bench	—	14.5%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1439

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	GPT-5.5 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text	—	1439
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1401
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1446

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Qwen3 Max?

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 Pro or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Qwen3 Max share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.