# GPT-4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-5-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 Plus in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 32.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 37.8% for GPT-4.5 and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.2 | 47.5 |
| Rank | 208 | 62 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $3 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| Aider Polyglot | 44.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 75.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1403 | 1449 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.74 | 147.65 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 34.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 10.3% | — |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| EnigmaEval | 3.2% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 71.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 64.3% | — |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| ForecastBench | 61.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 69% | — |

## Math

- GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 37.8% | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1412 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 69.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 78.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 68.7% | 88.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1454 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 5.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| Confabulations | 13.6% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1195 | — |
| VPCT | 45% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1421 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | 1418 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1457 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1425 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 72.3% | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | 1439 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 63.9% | — |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1394 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | 1438 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 75.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1258 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 61.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4.5 or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.