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Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3 Max

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Mystery Game Puzzles: 84% for GPT-6 Astra and 5% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for GPT-6 Astra.
  • GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

GPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index70.843.7
Released2026-09-032025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$10$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$50$6
Results tracked5633

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14871456
ALE-Bench2,951370.45
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
LMArena WebDev1786—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
SciCode56.5%—
GSO79.4%—
WeirdML93.6%—
MirrorCode46.7%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 215,51571.56
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
GDP.pdf34.2%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%30.1%
Chess Puzzles72%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14621448
Mystery Game Puzzles84%5%
DTBench97.3%82.1%
LMCA64.4%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index166.45142.38
ARC-AGI-295%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%73.3%
LMArena Math14651446
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
ProofBench99%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond95.8%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified75.6%48.7%
LMArena Expert14831455
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14301429
LMArena Chinese14841478
LMArena French14561449
LMArena German14401463
LMArena Japanese13791397
LMArena Korean14261399
LMArena Russian14361428
LMArena Spanish14071462

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14501419

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14561438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14411439
LMArena Creative Writing14181402
LMArena Multi-Turn14481446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3 Max?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra lists at $10 and $50.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Astra does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Qwen3 Max share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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