GPT-5.1-Codex-Max 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-5.1-Codex-Max· Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.1-Codex-Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 81 to 71. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 91.5 against 60.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 90% to 49.4%. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 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. GPT-5.1-Codex-Max gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 262K for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$2.00 / $8.00Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context400K262K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

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-5.1-Codex-MaxQwen3.5-122B-A10B
AgenticGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
Terminal-Bench 2.090%49.4%
BrowseComp85%63.8%
OSWorld-Verified82%58%
tau2-bench79.5%
CodingQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
HumanEval94%
SWE-bench Verified77.9%72%
LiveCodeBench67%78.9%
SWE-bench Pro84%
Multimodal & GroundedGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
MMMU-Pro85%76.9%
OfficeQA Pro92%
ReasoningGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
MuSR92%
BBH92%
LongBench v290%60.2%
MRCRv293%
KnowledgeQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
MMLU98%
GPQA96%86.6%
SuperGPQA94%67.1%
MMLU-Pro82%86.7%
HLE27%
FrontierScience84%
SimpleQA94%
Instruction FollowingQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
IFEval91%93.4%
MultilingualGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
MGSM89%
MMLU-ProX87%82.2%
Mathematics
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202598%
HMMT Feb 202395%
HMMT Feb 202497%
HMMT Feb 202596%
BRUMO 202596%
MATH-50093%
Frequently Asked Questions (8)

Which is better, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is ahead overall, 81 to 71. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 90% and 49.4%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.6 versus 74.4. Inside this category, SuperGPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 76.3 versus 76.1. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 91.5 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-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 56. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.2 versus 76.9. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 91. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.7 versus 82.2. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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