GPT-5.4 Pro vs Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 82. 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 67.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 86 to 60.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

77

99
MMLU
91
99
GPQA
89
97
SuperGPQA
87
94
OpenBookQA
85
94
MMLU-Pro
81
50
HLE
29

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

67.7

95
HumanEval
83
86
SWE-bench Verified
60
86
LiveCodeBench
60

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

92.1

99
AIME 2023
93
99
AIME 2024
95
99
AIME 2025
94
96
HMMT Feb 2023
89
98
HMMT Feb 2024
91
97
HMMT Feb 2025
90
97
BRUMO 2025
92
99
MATH-500
93

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

87.7

97
SimpleQA
87
95
MuSR
85
98
BBH
91

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

89

97
IFEval
89

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

91

97
MGSM
91

Frequently Asked Questions

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 82. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 86 and 60.

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

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 77. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 67.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 92.1. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 87.7. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 89. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 91. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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