Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Qwen Max

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 93.7 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for GPT-6.1 Sol and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6.1 Sol.
  • GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

GPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index65.634.7
Released2026-09-292024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$10$6.40
Results tracked3423

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
LMArena Coding14871288
DeepSWE75.2%—
FrontierCode50.2%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1755—
SciCode55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
APEX-Agents60%—
GDP.pdf32%—

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14661269
ARC-AGI-294.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)95.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
EBR-Bench54.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles80%—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.09—

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%16.1%
LMArena Math14641275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4100%—
ProofBench99%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
GPQA Diamond95.4%56.1%
LMArena Expert15021248
SimpleQA Verified73.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
LMArena Vision1288—
Furniture Assembly80%—

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14381263
LMArena Chinese14771254
LMArena Russian14551274
LMArena French—1330
LMArena German—1254
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1142
LMArena Spanish—1290

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14681262

Long Context GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14651288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen Max
LMArena Text14471282
LMArena Creative Writing14321248
LMArena Multi-Turn14491277

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Qwen Max?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6.1 Sol or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

Is GPT-6.1 Sol or Qwen Max better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6.1 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and Qwen Max share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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