# GPT-5.4 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.4 leads overall 68.22 to 54.95.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 64.4 for GPT-5.4 and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 47.600% and 23.103%.
- GPT-5.4 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 68.22 | 54.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 49.5 (Supported · #40/117)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | 65.4% | GPT-5.4 |
| CyberGym | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 82.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 75% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 54.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 98.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 60.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 64.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 38.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 6.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.4
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 49.8 (Supported · #41/143)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #47/143)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.7% | 57.3% | GPT-5.4 |
| React Native Evals | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 67.42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 60.6 (#21/27)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#21/50)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 61.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 66.3 (Supported · #20/169)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 39.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 92.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 48.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 89.2 (#19/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.600% | 23.103% | GPT-5.4 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 27.100% | 4.167% | GPT-5.4 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 or Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 64.4 for GPT-5.4 and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).

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

GPT-5.4 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs GPT-5.4 mini](/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview)

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