# GPT-4.1 vs Qwen3.6-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 and Qwen3.6-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.1 and Qwen3.6-27B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.6-27B has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-4.1 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.6-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 43.82 | 52.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $8.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #133/151)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 25.65% | 54.84% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1487 | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 38.8 (Supported · #143/183)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 42.6 (Supported · #128/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.6% | 77.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 36.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 49.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 51.5 (#35/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.9% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MStar | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 67.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 40.8 (Supported · #135/181)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 49 (Estimated · #95/181)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 66.3% | 87.8% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 24% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 50.3 (#80/120)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.2 (#50/120)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 5.517% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 93.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4.1 and Qwen3.6-27B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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