Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 81.6 to 30.4.
  • Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Terra and Qwen1.5 4b Chat specifications
GPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.228.8
Released2026-07-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked5213

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1484999
DeepSWE69.6%—
FrontierCode41.3%—
CursorBench41.3%—
LMArena WebDev1522—
SciCode55%—
WeirdML78.3%—
ALE-Bench1,951—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
APEX-Agents58.2%—
BALROG53.2%—
GDP.pdf24.7%—
Vending-Bench 27,343—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1468976
ARC-AGI-283.9%—
SimpleBench48.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark51.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)78.4%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench93.3%—
LMCA55%—
Surface Evolver Bench83.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.62—

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math14661026
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)86%—
FrontierMath Tier 470.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.7%—
ProofBench74%—

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1492980
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
SimpleQA Verified43.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Vision1271—
Blueprint-Bench 230.8%—
Furniture Assembly54.2%—
LMArena Document1472—

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1439979
LMArena Chinese15131024
LMArena German1460902
LMArena Russian1450952
LMArena French1471—
LMArena Japanese1457—
LMArena Korean1425—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1454978

Long Context GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1451988

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1447997
LMArena Creative Writing1410969
LMArena Multi-Turn1449977
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1855—
EQ-Bench 41234—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Terra or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Terra and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Terra has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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