Model comparison

GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.9 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.1

Rank #119 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 nano scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 6 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 43.6 to 39.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 46.9% for GPT-5.4 nano and 35.6% for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B.
  • GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $3.20 for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B.
  • GPT-5.4 nano accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B specifications
GPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.942.1
Released2026-03-172026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.20$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$1.25$3.20
Results tracked4027

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
SciCode46.9%35.6%
LMArena Coding14051436
LMArena WebDev—1360
WeirdML49.2%—
ALE-Bench1,005—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
CritPt9.3%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts13811421
Mystery Game Puzzles9%17%
DTBench80.3%84.3%
LMCA36.9%32.2%
ARC-AGI-25.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark39.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)—51.7%
ARC-AGI-151.5%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
Thematic Generalization—51.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.81—
ForecastBench57.3—

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Math14061432
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)25.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.1%11.2%
LMArena Expert13961432
GPQA Diamond78.5%—
SimpleQA Verified11.7%—

Multimodal Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Vision11961245

Multilingual Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Non-English13591400
LMArena Chinese13921462
LMArena French13961442
LMArena German13671426
LMArena Japanese13431367
LMArena Korean13201352
LMArena Russian13631400
LMArena Spanish13711424

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Instruction Following13621399

Long Context Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Longer Query13661410

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Text13721417
LMArena Creative Writing13141368
LMArena Multi-Turn13821416

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 nano better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.9 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 122B-A10B lists at $0.40 and $3.20.

Is GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 nano does, with 400K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 nano has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.

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