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Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3.7 Max

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.3 to 51.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Max costs 5.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.3

Rank #1 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.4

Rank #35 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 48.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for GPT-6 Astra and 26% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper at $2.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for GPT-6 Astra.
  • GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index70.351.4
Released2026-09-032026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$10$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$50$7.50
Results tracked5133

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 70.5 (#3), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.2 (#43)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev17921515
SciCode56.5%48.8%
LMArena Coding14881498
ALE-Bench2,9511,189
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
WeirdML93.6%—
MirrorCode46.7%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 52.3 (#3), Qwen3.7 Max: 21.8 (#129)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
GBAEval—0.4%
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Qwen3.7 Max: 48.4 (#36)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%85.1%
CritPt31.7%13.4%
Chess Puzzles72%19%
EBR-Bench76.2%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14641483
Mystery Game Puzzles84%32%
DTBench97.3%92.3%
LMCA64.4%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index166.6153.74
ARC-AGI-295%—
SimpleBench—70.4%
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.4 (#1), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.3 (#26)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%95.6%
ProofBench99%26%
LMArena Math14631488
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.7 (#24)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond95.8%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified75.6%55.8%
LMArena Expert14861488
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.1 (#3), Qwen3.7 Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1280—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

GPT-6 Astra: 54.0 (#53), Qwen3.7 Max: 57.1 (#13)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14311475
LMArena Chinese14951533
LMArena Russian14341482
LMArena French1467—
LMArena Spanish1412—

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-6 Astra: 76.6 (#37), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.9 (#34)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14541460

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-6 Astra: 44.7 (#57), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#34)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14601484

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.7 (#7), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.2 (#52)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14431476
LMArena Creative Writing14231450
LMArena Multi-Turn14571482
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3.7 Max?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.3 to 51.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Max costs 5.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra lists at $10 and $50.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.5 versus 50.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Astra does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Qwen3.7 Max share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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