Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GPT-5.5 Pro
100
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
72
Pick GPT-5.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Agentic
+24.7 difference
Knowledge
+16.7 difference
GPT-5.5 Pro
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
$30 / $180
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1M
256K
Pick GPT-5.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
GPT-5.5 Pro is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 100 to 72. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GPT-5.5 Pro's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 90.1 against 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-5.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
GPT-5.5 Pro is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 100 to 72.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.9 versus 57.2. GPT-5.5 Pro stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
GPT-5.5 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.1 versus 65.4. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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