Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 70.7 to 25.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 57.4% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 41.2% for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
  • Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper at $1.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct specifications
GPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index58.938.1
Released2026-03-052025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$30$1.50
Output $ / M tokens$180$7.50
Results tracked1625

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
WeirdML57.4%41.2%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1275
GSO—4.9%
LMArena Coding—1412
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles58.6%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1372
Epoch Capabilities Index158.93—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
LMArena Math—1365
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
GPQA Diamond94.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
SimpleQA Verified46.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—
LMArena Expert—1338

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1346
LMArena Chinese—1357
LMArena French—1398
LMArena German—1325
LMArena Japanese—1310
LMArena Korean—1305
LMArena Russian—1366
LMArena Spanish—1360

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1355

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1378

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text—1357
LMArena Creative Writing—1333
LMArena Multi-Turn—1365

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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