GPT-4.1 nano vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

GPT-4.1 nano· Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 nano only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 71 to 44. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 76.3 against 18. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 50.3% to 86.6%. GPT-4.1 nano does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 nano is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4.1 nano is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-4.1 nano gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$0.10 / $0.40Free*
Speed181 t/sN/A
TTFT0.63sN/A
Context1M262K

Decision framing

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Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoQwen3.5-122B-A10B
AgenticQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
Terminal-Bench 2.043%49.4%
BrowseComp62%63.8%
OSWorld-Verified42%58%
tau2-bench79.5%
CodingQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
SWE-bench Pro18%
SWE-bench Verified72%
LiveCodeBench78.9%
Multimodal & GroundedQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
MMMU-Pro53%76.9%
OfficeQA Pro67%
ReasoningGPT-4.1 nano wins
LongBench v275%60.2%
MRCRv273%
KnowledgeQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
MMLU80.1%
GPQA50.3%86.6%
FrontierScience51%
MMLU-Pro86.7%
SuperGPQA67.1%
Instruction FollowingQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
IFEval83.2%93.4%
MultilingualQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
MMLU-ProX59%82.2%
Mathematics
AIME 20249.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (8)

Which is better, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is ahead overall, 71 to 44. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 50.3% and 86.6%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.6 versus 50.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 76.3 versus 18. GPT-4.1 nano stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

GPT-4.1 nano has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 60.2. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 56 versus 47.4. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.9 versus 59.3. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 83.2. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4.1 nano or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.2 versus 59. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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