GPT-5.4 Pro vs Qwen3.5 397B

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 71. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 52. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 39.

GPT-5.4 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $30.00 input / $180.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.5 397B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen3.5 397B 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-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for Qwen3.5 397B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

Qwen3.5 397B

67.7

99
MMLU
83
99
GPQA
82
97
SuperGPQA
80
94
OpenBookQA
78
94
MMLU-Pro
73
50
HLE
10

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

Qwen3.5 397B

52

95
HumanEval
75
86
SWE-bench Verified
42
86
LiveCodeBench
39

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

Qwen3.5 397B

81.9

99
AIME 2023
83
99
AIME 2024
85
99
AIME 2025
84
96
HMMT Feb 2023
79
98
HMMT Feb 2024
81
97
HMMT Feb 2025
80
97
BRUMO 2025
82
99
MATH-500
81

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

Qwen3.5 397B

80

97
SimpleQA
80
95
MuSR
78
98
BBH
82

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Qwen3.5 397B

82

97
IFEval
82

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Qwen3.5 397B

82

97
MGSM
82

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3.5 397B?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 71. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3.5 397B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 67.7. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3.5 397B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 52. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3.5 397B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 81.9. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3.5 397B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 80. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3.5 397B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 82. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Qwen3.5 397B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 82. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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