Model comparison

o3-pro vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 41.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs 32× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o3-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

o3-pro OpenAI

42.7

Rank #94 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.6

Rank #120 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-pro scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where o3-pro leads 72.1 to 43.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 23.3% for o3-pro and 11.2% for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper at $0.40 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $20 / $80 for o3-pro.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 200K.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o3-pro and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B specifications
o3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.741.6
Released2025-06-102026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K262K
Max output100K66K
Input $ / M tokens$20$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$80$3.20
Results tracked1227

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 55.1 (#22), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#155)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
Aider Polyglot84.9%—
LMArena WebDev—1360
SciCode—35.6%
WeirdML58.2%—
LMArena Coding—1436

Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

o3-pro: 24.1 (#152), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 26.4 (#121)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
DTBench86.9%84.3%
LMCA38.5%32.2%
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark72.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)—51.7%
ARC-AGI-159.3%—
CritPt—0.9%
Thematic Generalization—51.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1421
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
Epoch Capabilities Index147.43—

Math Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 36.4 (#114)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Math—1432

Knowledge Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

o3-pro: 29.0 (#234), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.2 (#138)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
Vectara Hallucination Rate23.3%11.2%
Confabulations14.2%—
LMArena Expert—1431

Multimodal Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.0 (#52)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Vision—1245

Multilingual Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.8 (#101)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Non-English—1400
LMArena Chinese—1462
LMArena French—1442
LMArena German—1425
LMArena Japanese—1364
LMArena Korean—1353
LMArena Russian—1400
LMArena Spanish—1423

Instruction Following Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 74.0 (#109)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Instruction Following—1399

Long Context o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 72.1 (#1), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
Fiction.LiveBench97.2%—
LMArena Longer Query—1410

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

o3-pro: 57.1 (#128), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.2 (#98)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Text—1417
LMArena Creative Writing—1369
Short-Story Creative Writing84.4%—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1416

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-pro better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 41.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs 32× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o3-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, o3-pro or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; o3-pro lists at $20 and $80.

Is o3-pro or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.1 versus 38.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B does, with 262K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do o3-pro and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.

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