Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen2.5-Max

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 25.6.

Side by side

GPT-6 Astra and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
GPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index70.840.7
Released2026-09-032025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5627

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding14871359
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
LMArena WebDev1786—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
SciCode56.5%—
GSO79.4%—
WeirdML93.6%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
MirrorCode46.7%—
ALE-Bench2,951—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
GDP.pdf34.2%—
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14621360
Epoch Capabilities Index166.45132.53
ARC-AGI-295%—
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles72%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles84%—
DTBench97.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LMCA64.4%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math14651369
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert14831337
GPQA Diamond95.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
SimpleQA Verified75.6%—
Confabulations—21.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English14301352
LMArena Chinese14841382
LMArena French14561396
LMArena German14401350
LMArena Japanese13791300
LMArena Korean14261304
LMArena Russian14361353
LMArena Spanish14071377

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following14501335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query14561358

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text14411367
LMArena Creative Writing14181339
LMArena Multi-Turn14481364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen2.5-Max?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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