# GPT-4 vs Qwen Max

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 48.0 to 35.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 23% for GPT-4 and 67.2% for Qwen Max.
- Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $60 for GPT-4.
- Qwen Max accepts more context: 33K tokens versus 8K.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.9 | 34.4 |
| Rank | 308 | 226 |
| Context | 8K | 33K |
| Input $/M | $30 | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | $60 | $6.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GPT-4: 31.2 (#277)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1254 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| WeirdML | 12.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4: —
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 36.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4: 17.3 (#285)
- Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1270 |
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 12% | — |
| DTBench | 62.7% | — |
| LMCA | 17.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.88 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.8 | — |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | — |

## Math

- GPT-4: 10.1 (#304)
- Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | 23% | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
| GSM8K | 92% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4: 18.4 (#277)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 35.7% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1248 |
| MMLU | 86.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 84.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4: 40.8 (#210)
- Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1246 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1282 | 1329 |
| LMArena German | 1251 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1209 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1251 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1261 | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4: 65.5 (#217)
- Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1241 | 1262 |

## Long Context

- GPT-4: 37.7 (#207)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1244 | 1289 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4: 35.0 (#263)
- Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1263 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1257 | 1277 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 752 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4 better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GPT-4 or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; GPT-4 lists at $30 and $60.

### Is GPT-4 or Qwen Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.2 vs 30.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Max does, with 33K tokens against 8K.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Qwen Max share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.