Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen Max

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

36.9

Rank #200 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.4

Rank #226 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Max in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-4.5 leads 41.8 to 30.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 44.9% for GPT-4.5 and 21.8% for Qwen Max.

Side by side

GPT-4.5Qwen Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.934.4
Released2025-02-272024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—33K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.60
Output $ / M tokens—$6.40
Results tracked4223

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
Aider Polyglot44.9%21.8%
LMArena Coding13971288
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14041270
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%16.1%
LMArena Math14121275
MATH Level 578.6%67.2%
LiveBench Math69.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond68.7%56.1%
LMArena Expert13941248
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English14131263
LMArena Chinese14211254
LMArena French14171329
LMArena German14571254
LMArena Japanese14161205
LMArena Korean13921141
LMArena Russian14191274
LMArena Spanish—1290

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14041262
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query14061289

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen Max
LMArena Text14171282
LMArena Creative Writing13941248
LMArena Multi-Turn14441277
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen Max?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Qwen Max better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen Max share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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