Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.8 Max in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26.3% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 74.7% for Qwen3.8 Max.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.756.8
Released2026-05-052026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked2739

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
SciCode48.6%53.2%
LMArena Coding14331502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
CritPt0%20%
Chess Puzzles12%40%
LMArena Hard Prompts14261496
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52156.41
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LMCA—46.2%

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%100%
LMArena Math14201499
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond82.5%92.7%
LMArena Expert14091507
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%

Multimodal GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision12501314
Furniture Assembly—20%
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14171472
LMArena Chinese14561538
LMArena French14281503
LMArena German14111483
LMArena Japanese14081467
LMArena Korean13921461
LMArena Russian14311481
LMArena Spanish14291492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14061479

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14221489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14191483
LMArena Creative Writing14191479
LMArena Multi-Turn14331489

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 42.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 44.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Qwen3.8 Max share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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