# GPT-5.4 vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 and Qwen3.8 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: September 17, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8 Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8 Max leads overall 71.76 to 71.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 57.2 for GPT-5.4 and 86.5 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ZeroBench in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 41.0% and 24.0%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 71 | 71.76 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 60 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 52 (Supported · #41/153)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 67.3 (Supported · #9/153)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 82.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 75% | 86.1% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| 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% | 53.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| ExploitGym | 6.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 27.3% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 67.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #42/152)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #20/152)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.7% | 67.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| React Native Evals | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 67.42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 15.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#20/48)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.4 (#5/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | 82.3% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| OfficeQA Pro | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.8% | 93.5% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| ERQA | 65.4% | 77.8% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SimpleVQA | 61.1% | 75.0% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 85.4% | 84.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| ZeroBench | 41.0% | 24.0% | GPT-5.4 |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 77.1% | 80.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 95.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 57.2 (#17/20)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 86.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Tie
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.2 (Supported · #15/183)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 68.8 (Supported · #17/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.8% | 92.6% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE | 52.1% | 43.6% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 39.8% | 43.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA-D | 92.8% | 92.6% | GPT-5.4 |
| HealthBench Hard | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 48.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 90.6 (#19/123)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 90.7 (#18/123)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.600% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 27.100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 57.2 for GPT-5.4 and 86.5 for Qwen3.8 Max.

### 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 Qwen3.8 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 60 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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