GPT-5.2 vs Qwen3 6
GPT-5.2 
Qwen3 6 Verdict
- Qwen3 6 (max) leads on quality: 63.3 vs 61.6.
- GPT-5.2 is stronger in composite, human preference, long context, multimodal.
- Qwen3 6 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, instruction following, knowledge, reasoning, maths.
- Qwen3 6 (max) is 1.6× cheaper ($2.96 vs $4.81 per 1M blended).
| Metric | GPT-5.2 | Qwen3 6 (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 61.6 | 63.3 |
| Agents & tools score | 61.2 | 72.0 |
| Coding score | 53.7 | 58.2 |
| Composite score | 67.5 | 64.9 |
| Human preference score | 67.9 | 65.9 |
| Instruction following score | 67.4 | 74.2 |
| Knowledge score | 61.1 | 64.0 |
| Long context score | 67.9 | 66.9 |
| Multimodal score | 59.9 | – |
| Reasoning score | 61.3 | 63.2 |
| Maths score | – | 64.2 |
| Blended price $/M | $4.81 | $2.96 |
| Output speed | 68 tok/s | 59 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 129.4 s | 38.5 s |
| Context window | 400k | 246k |
| GPQA Diamond | – | 87.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME | – | 91.1% |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch) | – | 76.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 52.0% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 27.8% | – |
| Terminal-Bench | 64.9% | – |
| SimpleBench | 45.8% | 63.0% |
| Remote Labor Index | 2.1% | – |
| APEX-Agents | 23.0% | – |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 153.5 | 149.3 |
| LMArena Text | 1476 | 1460 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1497 | 1482 |
| LMArena Coding | 1515 | 1509 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1417 | 1479 |
| LMArena Vision | 1268 | – |
| AA Intelligence Index | 30.4 | 28.4 |
| IFBench | 75.4% | 76.6% |
| AA-LCR | 82.7% | 80.7% |
| AA-Omniscience | -0.9 | 9.2 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 47.0% | 43.9% |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 90.3% | 88.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 37.7% | 30.8% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | 84.8% | 95.9% |
| CorpFin | – | 66.5% |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | – | 72.8% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 29.9% | – |
| VISTA | 46.6% | – |
| MultiNRC | 42.2% | – |
| TutorBench | 53.5% | – |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 73.3% | – |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 69.0% | – |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | – |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.9% | – |
| BFCL Overall | 55.9% | – |
Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
GPT-5.2 vs Qwen3 6: questions
- Is GPT-5.2 better than Qwen3 6?
- Qwen3 6 (max) leads on quality: 63.3 vs 61.6. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Qwen3 6 (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is GPT-5.2 better than Qwen3 6 for coding?
- Qwen3 6 scores higher in coding (58 vs 54 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is GPT-5.2 better than Qwen3 6 for agentic tasks?
- Qwen3 6 scores higher in agentic tasks (72 vs 61 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 or Qwen3 6?
- Qwen3 6 is cheaper: $2.96 against $4.81 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, GPT-5.2 or Qwen3 6?
- GPT-5.2 streams faster: 68 against 59 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- GPT-5.2 accepts more context: 400k against 246k tokens.