Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GPT-5.4
89
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
80
Verified leaderboard positions: GPT-5.4 #12 · Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) unranked
Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Agentic
+11.6 difference
Coding
+3.6 difference
Knowledge
+7.8 difference
GPT-5.4
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
$2.5 / $15
N/A
74 t/s
N/A
151.79s
N/A
1.05M
256K
Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
GPT-5.4 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 89 to 80. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GPT-5.4's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 77 against 65.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 75.1% to 65.4%. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
GPT-5.4 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 256K for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
GPT-5.4 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 89 to 80. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 75.1% and 65.4%.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.9 versus 66.1. GPT-5.4 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
GPT-5.4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 57.7 versus 54.1. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.4 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77 versus 65.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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