Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Qwen2.5-Max

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.4

Rank #64 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Pro leads 56.7 to 35.3.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
GPT-5 ProQwen2.5-Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index46.440.7
Released2025-10-062025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output272K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$120—
Results tracked1227

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2.5-Max
WeirdML60.4%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
LMArena Coding—1359
AlgoTune1.31—

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2.5-Max
Epoch Capabilities Index150.28132.53
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%—
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1360
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LiveBench—62.3%

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2.5-Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
LMArena Math—1369
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2.5-Max
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
Confabulations—21.8%
LMArena Expert—1337

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English—1352
LMArena Chinese—1382
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1304
LMArena Russian—1353
LMArena Spanish—1377

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

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

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

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

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-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 Pro better than Qwen2.5-Max?

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Pro or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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