Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 41.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Mystery Game Puzzles: 80% for GPT-6.1 Sol and 19% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
  • Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper at $1.30 / $7.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6.1 Sol.
  • GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

GPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index65.651.5
Released2026-09-292026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.30
Output $ / M tokens$10$7.80
Results tracked3429

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena WebDev17551482
LMArena Coding14871471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
DeepSWE75.2%—
FrontierCode50.2%—
SciCode55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
APEX-Agents60%—
GDP.pdf32%—
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
NYT Connections (extended)95.5%74.1%
Chess Puzzles61%20%
LMArena Hard Prompts14661457
Mystery Game Puzzles80%19%
Epoch Capabilities Index166.09149.24
ARC-AGI-294.2%—
SimpleBench—63%
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench54.3%—
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%91.1%
LMArena Math14641465
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4100%—
ProofBench99%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond95.4%87.4%
SimpleQA Verified73.9%52%
LMArena Expert15021478

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1288—
Furniture Assembly80%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14381437
LMArena Chinese14771487
LMArena Russian14551445
LMArena French—1449
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14681438

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14651457

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text14471447
LMArena Creative Writing14321435
LMArena Multi-Turn14491456

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6.1 Sol or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper. It lists at $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

Is GPT-6.1 Sol or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 48.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6.1 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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