# GPT-5.4 mini vs Qwen3.6-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 mini and Qwen3.6-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.4 mini leads overall 62.63 to 52.73.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 44.5 for GPT-5.4 mini and 72.8 for Qwen3.6-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 41.5% and 24%.
- Qwen3.6-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 mini also has the larger context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 62.63 | 52.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $4.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 42.4 (Estimated · #113/151)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #133/151)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 60% | 59.3% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 42.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 54.7% | Coming soon | 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 |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 54.84% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Tie
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 42.9 (Supported · #125/183)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 42.6 (Supported · #128/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 47.97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 27.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| 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: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 56.6 (#32/48)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 51.5 (#35/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 76.6% | 75.8% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.9% | 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: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 73.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 56.4 (Supported · #53/181)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 49 (Estimated · #95/181)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 88% | 87.8% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| HLE | 41.5% | 24% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| HLE w/o tools | 28.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 89.6 (#23/120)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.2 (#50/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 44.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 28.280% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.080% | 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

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 mini or Qwen3.6-27B?

GPT-5.4 mini is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 mini and Qwen3.6-27B?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 44.5 for GPT-5.4 mini and 72.8 for Qwen3.6-27B.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 mini cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 mini currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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