# GPT-5.4 mini vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 14
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Qwen3.6 Plus leads overall 53.54 to 52.98.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 43.7 for GPT-5.4 mini and 73.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 47.97% 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-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 52.98 | 53.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $4.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GPT-5.4 mini
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 36.4 (Supported · #84/135)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 35.1 (Supported · #91/135)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 60% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 57.7% | 48.2% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| Toolathlon | 42.9% | 39.8% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| τ²-bench results | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 54.7% | 53.2% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| 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 |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 35.3 (Supported · #80/156)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.1 (Supported · #68/156)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 60.0% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Vibe Code Bench | 47.97% | 25.56% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 27.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.5% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.0% | 73.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 43.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 18.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 74 (#29/58)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 75.8 (#24/58)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 76.6% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 50.5 (Supported · #77/179)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.1 (Supported · #68/179)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 88% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HLE | 41.5% | 28.8% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| HLE w/o tools | 28.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.1% | 87.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.6% | 87.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 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 |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | 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-5.4 mini public-lane score: 89.9 (#30/157)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#50/157)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 51.228% | 38.246% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 9.756% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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-5.4 mini or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 43.7 for GPT-5.4 mini and 73.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

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

GPT-5.4 mini currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 49 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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