# GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Sol and Qwen3.8 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-sol-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: September 17, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Sol if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.8 Max only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.6 Sol leads overall 80.7 to 71.76.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 70.4 for GPT-5.6 Sol and 86.5 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 62.6% and 19.4%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.6 Sol also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 80.7 | 71.76 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 60 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $4.00 / $20.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Sol
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 69.6 (Supported · #6/153)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 67.3 (Supported · #9/153)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 34.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 62.6% | 19.4% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| CyberGym | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 58% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 85.8% | 67.4% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| ApprenticeBench | 26% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | 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-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Sol
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 74.4 (Supported · #5/152)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #20/152)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 42 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.6% | 67.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 72.7% | 56.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 32.2% | 15.8% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| cursorBench32 | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | 81.2% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.6% | 87.9% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 96.2% | 85.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| cursorBench40 | 41.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | 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 |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 87.5 (#4/48)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.4 (#5/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 83% | 82.3% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 93.5% | 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 |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | 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-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 70.4 (#12/20)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 86.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 7.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GeneBench-Pro | 28.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Sol
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 80.5 (Supported · #5/183)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 68.8 (Supported · #17/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.6% | 92.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| GPQA-D | 94.6% | 92.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| HLE-Verified | 54.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 33.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 95.2% | 93.7% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.1% | 88.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| HLE | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 89.1 (#27/123)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 90.7 (#18/123)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 97 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 89.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 83.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.6 Sol or Qwen3.8 Max?

GPT-5.6 Sol is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Sol and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 70.4 for GPT-5.6 Sol and 86.5 for Qwen3.8 Max.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.6 Sol cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.6 Sol currently has 37 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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