Model comparison
GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen2.5-Max
GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Sol leads 85.5 to 34.3.
Side by side
| GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 64.4 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2026-07-09 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $4 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $20 | — |
| Results tracked | 64 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 61.1 (#7), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1493 | 1359 |
| DeepSWE | 72.7% | — |
| FrontierCode | 47.5% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1619 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 32.2% | — |
| SciCode | 57.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 89.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
| MirrorCode | 20% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,177 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Sol: 50.2 (#7), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 51.4% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 27.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 46.9% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 36.2% | — |
| BALROG | 60% | — |
| GBAEval | 52.6% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1257 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,619 | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 74.7 (#6), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1360 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.99 | 132.54 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 92.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 71.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 93.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | — |
| CritPt | 32.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 64% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 37.1% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 44.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 58% | — |
| DTBench | 96% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LMCA | 59.2% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 93.1% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 85.5 (#7), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1472 | 1369 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 89.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 82.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 83% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 64.3 (#16), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1517 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 93.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Sol: 48.9 (#8), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1281 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 56.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1483 | — |
Multilingual GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 55.4 (#32), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1450 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1523 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1476 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1475 | 1299 |
| LMArena Korean | 1434 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1449 | 1377 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 77.8 (#16), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1480 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 45.3 (#42), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1479 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 73.5 (#12), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1456 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1450 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1972 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1250 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.6 Sol better than Qwen2.5-Max?
GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-5.6 Sol or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.1 versus 41.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Sol and Qwen2.5-Max share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Sol has 64 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.