GPT-5.4 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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-5.4· Qwen3.6 Plus

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6 Plus only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

GPT-5.4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 82 to 69. 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 reasoning, where it averages 87.7 against 62. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SuperGPQA, 96% to 71.6%.

GPT-5.4 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.6 Plus. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 1M for Qwen3.6 Plus.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$2.50 / $15.00Free*
Speed74 t/sN/A
TTFT151.79sN/A
Context1.05M1M

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-5.4Qwen3.6 Plus
AgenticGPT-5.4 wins
Terminal-Bench 2.075.1%61.6%
BrowseComp82.7%
OSWorld-Verified75%62.5%
MCP Atlas67.2%48.2%
Toolathlon54.6%39.8%
Tau2-Telecom98.9%
Claw-Eval66.3%58.7%
QwenClawBench57.2%
QwenWebBench1502
TAU3-Bench70.7%
VITA-Bench44.3%
DeepPlanning41.5%
MCP-Tasks74.1%
WideResearch74.3%
CodingGPT-5.4 wins
HumanEval95%
SWE-bench Verified84%78.8%
LiveCodeBench84%
SWE-bench Pro57.7%56.6%
React Native Evals82.6%
SWE Multilingual73.8%
LiveCodeBench v687.1%
NL2Repo37.9%
Multimodal & GroundedGPT-5.4 wins
MMMU-Pro81.2%78.8%
OfficeQA Pro96%
MMMU-Pro w/ Python81.5%
MMMU86.0%
RealWorldQA85.4%
OmniDocBench 1.591.2%
Video-MME (with subtitle)87.8%
Video-MME (w/o subtitle)84.2%
MathVision88.0%
We-Math89.0%
DynaMath88.0%
MStar83.3%
SimpleVQA67.3%
ChatCVQA81.5%
MMLongBench-Doc62.0%
CC-OCR83.4%
AI2D_TEST94.4%
CountBench97.6%
RefCOCO (avg)93.5%
ODINW1351.8%
ERQA65.7%
VideoMMMU84.0%
MLVU (M-Avg)86.7%
ScreenSpot Pro68.2%
ReasoningGPT-5.4 wins
MuSR94%
BBH97%
MRCRv297%
MRCR v2 64K-128K86%
MRCR v2 128K-256K79.3%
Graphwalks BFS 128K93.1%
Graphwalks Parents 128K89.8%
ARC-AGI-273.3%
AI-Needle68.3%
LongBench v262%
KnowledgeGPT-5.4 wins
MMLU99%
GPQA92.8%90.4%
SuperGPQA96%71.6%
MMLU-Pro93%88.5%
HLE48%28.8%
FrontierScience91%
HLE w/o tools39.8%
SimpleQA97%
MMLU-Redux94.5%
C-Eval93.3%
Instruction FollowingGPT-5.4 wins
IFEval96%94.3%
IFBench74.2%
MultilingualGPT-5.4 wins
MGSM96%
MMLU-ProX94%84.7%
NOVA-6357.9%
INCLUDE85.1%
PolyMath77.4%
VWT2k-lite84.3%
MAXIFE88.2%
Mathematics
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202599%
HMMT Feb 202396%
HMMT Feb 202498%
HMMT Feb 202597%
BRUMO 202597%
MATH-50099%
AIME2695.3%
HMMT Feb 202596.7%
HMMT Nov 202594.6%
HMMT Feb 202687.8%
MMAnswerBench83.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (8)

Which is better, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall, 82 to 69. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SuperGPQA, where the scores are 96% and 71.6%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.1 versus 66. Inside this category, SuperGPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.9 versus 64.9. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 87.7 versus 62. Qwen3.6 Plus stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77 versus 62. Inside this category, MCP Atlas is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.9 versus 78.8. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 94.3. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.7 versus 84.7. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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