Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Qwen1.5-7B

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.9 to 20.4.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.931.4
Released2025-09-152024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked313

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1107

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
Terminal-Bench44.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1065

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math—1080

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert—1055
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English—1058
LMArena Chinese—1141
LMArena Russian—1006

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following—1058

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query—1090

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text—1083
LMArena Creative Writing—1035
LMArena Multi-Turn—1062

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Qwen1.5-7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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