# GPT-5.2 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-2-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6 Plus only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.2 leads overall 60.33 to 53.74.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 64.4 for GPT-5.2 and 74.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 53.50% and 25.56%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 60.33 | 53.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 50 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #58/123)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #79/123)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 65.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 47.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 46.54% | 50.60% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| JobBench | 34.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 37.7 (Supported · #68/146)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 41 (Supported · #62/146)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80% | 78.8% | GPT-5.2 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.6% | 56.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Vibe Code Bench | 53.50% | 25.56% | GPT-5.2 |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.17% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Tie
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 75.9 (#22/54)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 86.7% | 86.0% | GPT-5.2 |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.5% | 78.8% | GPT-5.2 |
| RealWorldQA | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 83.0% | 88.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| We-Math | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 55.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 59.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 85.9% | 84.0% | GPT-5.2 |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.1% | 81.5% | GPT-5.2 |
| V* | 75.9% | 96.9% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 59.6 (Supported · #46/177)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #62/177)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.4% | 90.4% | GPT-5.2 |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 92.6 (#19/127)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#45/127)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 57.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 63.1 (#5/7)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | 26.207% | GPT-5.2 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 18.800% | 8.333% | GPT-5.2 |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.2 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GPT-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 64.4 for GPT-5.2 and 74.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.2 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.2 currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 50 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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