Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Qwen3.5 27B

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 27B costs 4.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.9

Rank #127 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 38.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 90.1% for GPT-6 Sol and 47.9% for Qwen3.5 27B.
  • Qwen3.5 27B is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6 Sol.
  • GPT-6 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.5 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Qwen3.5 27B specifications
GPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.841.9
Released2026-09-222026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$10$2.40
Results tracked4528

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
LMArena WebDev16881358
LMArena Coding14471427
ALE-Bench2,462349.45
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
SciCode57.6%—
WeirdML—39.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Qwen3.5 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
Vending-Bench 214,428201.98
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%47.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts14181414
DTBench97.3%82.4%
LMCA59.1%34%
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
Thematic Generalization—45.5%
EBR-Bench53.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Math14021429
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%12.1%
LMArena Expert14391428
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—

Multimodal GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Vision12451241
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Non-English13851390
LMArena Chinese14051478
LMArena French14101410
LMArena German13901393
LMArena Japanese13851345
LMArena Korean13411358
LMArena Russian14011390
LMArena Spanish13841407

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14121393

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Longer Query14111413

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Text13951409
LMArena Creative Writing13781362
LMArena Multi-Turn14121410
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Qwen3.5 27B?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 27B costs 4.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol or Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Qwen3.5 27B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.

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