Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Qwen Max

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 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 Sol leads 87.2 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for GPT-6 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 Sol.
  • GPT-6 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

GPT-6 SolQwen Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.834.7
Released2026-09-222024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$10$6.40
Results tracked4523

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
LMArena Coding14471288
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1688—
SciCode57.6%—
ALE-Bench2,462—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14181269
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
EBR-Bench53.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA59.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%16.1%
LMArena Math14021275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
ProofBench83%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
GPQA Diamond94.3%56.1%
LMArena Expert14391248
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
LMArena Non-English13851263
LMArena Chinese14051254
LMArena French14101330
LMArena German13901254
LMArena Japanese13851205
LMArena Korean13411142
LMArena Russian14011274
LMArena Spanish13841290

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14121262

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14111288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen Max
LMArena Text13951282
LMArena Creative Writing13781248
LMArena Multi-Turn14121277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Qwen Max?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 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 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Qwen Max better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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