BenchLeader

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Qwen3 6

Verdict
  • GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) leads on quality: 67.1 vs 63.3.
  • GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) is stronger in maths, reasoning.
  • Qwen3 6 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, instruction following, knowledge, long context.
  • Qwen3 6 (max) is 23× cheaper ($2.96 vs $67.50 per 1M blended).
  • Qwen3 6 (max) streams 15.7× faster (63 vs 4 tokens per second).
MetricGPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh)Qwen3 6 (max)
BenchLeader Index67.163.3
Maths score74.565.9
Reasoning score80.159.1
Agents & tools score71.9
Coding score58.1
Composite score64.9
Human preference score65.7
Instruction following score74.4
Knowledge score64.0
Long context score66.8
Blended price $/M$67.50$2.96
Output speed4 tok/s63 tok/s
Time to first answer3.5 s35.0 s
Context window1.1M246k
GPQA Diamond87.4%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–387.7%
FrontierMath Tier 478.0%
OTIS Mock AIME91.1%
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch)76.7%
SimpleQA Verified52.0%
SimpleBench63.0%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.3
LMArena Text1460
LMArena Hard Prompts1482
LMArena Coding1509
LMArena WebDev1479
AA Intelligence Index28.4
IFBench76.6%
AA-LCR80.7%
AA-Omniscience9.2
Terminal-Bench Hard43.9%
GPQA Diamond (AA)88.8%
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)30.8%
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)95.9%
CorpFin66.5%
SWE-bench (Vals)72.8%
ARC-AGI-195.0%
ARC-AGI-284.2%
CritPt30.6%3.7%
CaseLaw v247.9%
Terminal-Bench 2.0 (Vals)51.7%
LMArena Maths1475
LMArena Creative Writing1438
LMArena Instruction Following1449
LMArena Multi-turn1469
LMArena Longer Queries1474
Chess Puzzles20.0%
LMCA53.9%42.5%
DTBench96.0%87.2%
Vending-Bench 24254.2

Data as of 2026-09-19. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Qwen3 6: questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Qwen3 6?
GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) leads on quality: 67.1 vs 63.3. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-19, but check the category scores for your use.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 Pro or Qwen3 6?
Qwen3 6 is cheaper: $2.96 against $67.50 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GPT-5.5 Pro or Qwen3 6?
Qwen3 6 streams faster: 63 against 4 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-5.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.1M against 246k tokens.