Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 4.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.1 leads 32.7 to 21.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 32% for GPT-5.1 and 24% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.1.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
GPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index49.045.3
Released2025-11-132026-06-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K1M
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$10$1.60
Results tracked6332

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
SciCode43.3%45.5%
LMArena Coding14541473
SWE-bench Verified68%—
FrontierCode—10.2%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning Too close to call

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
CritPt4.9%9.1%
Chess Puzzles32%24%
LMArena Hard Prompts14571460
Mystery Game Puzzles19%17%
DTBench90.1%84%
LMCA43.9%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.64147.37
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%93.3%
LMArena Math14471466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond87.6%87.9%
LMArena Expert14701467
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—

Multimodal GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision12501279
LMArena Document14031444
VPCT58.7%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English14311445
LMArena Chinese14951510
LMArena French14501473
LMArena German14381471
LMArena Japanese14531413
LMArena Korean14011415
LMArena Russian14351457
LMArena Spanish14331457

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14431440
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query14471455
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text14431455
LMArena Creative Writing14271439
LMArena Multi-Turn14501460
WildBench86.3%—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 4.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1 lists at $1.25 and $10.

Is GPT-5.1 or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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