Model comparison
GPT-6.1 Sol vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#82); GPT-6.1 Sol does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 51.4 to 42.4.
- Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 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 Sol | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2026-09-29 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads
GPT-6.1 Sol: 51.4, Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 75.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: 34.3, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 32% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1448 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.41 |
Math Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1447 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1457 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1479 |
| LMArena French | — | 1450 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1463 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1420 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1439 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#82); GPT-6.1 Sol does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6.1 Sol or Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol lists at $2 and $10.
Is GPT-6.1 Sol or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.4 versus 42.4 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 Max share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 2 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.