GPT-5.5 Pro vs Qwen3 7
GPT-5.5 Pro 
Qwen3 7 Verdict
- GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) leads on quality: 67.1 vs 61.0.
- GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) is stronger in maths, reasoning.
- Qwen3 7 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, instruction following, knowledge, long context.
- Qwen3 7 (max) is 18× cheaper ($3.75 vs $67.50 per 1M blended).
- Qwen3 7 (max) streams 49.1× faster (196 vs 4 tokens per second).
| Metric | GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) | Qwen3 7 (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 67.1 | 61.0 |
| Maths score | 74.5 | 60.5 |
| Reasoning score | 80.1 | 67.1 |
| Agents & tools score | – | 49.6 |
| Coding score | – | 60.8 |
| Composite score | – | 56.4 |
| Human preference score | – | 57.1 |
| Instruction following score | – | 77.9 |
| Knowledge score | – | 63.6 |
| Long context score | – | 65.9 |
| Blended price $/M | $67.50 | $3.75 |
| Output speed | 4 tok/s | 196 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 3.5 s | 14.6 s |
| Context window | 1.1M | 1M |
| GPQA Diamond | – | 90.9% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | 87.7% | 64.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 78.0% | 34.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME | – | 95.6% |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch) | – | 77.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 55.8% |
| SimpleBench | – | 70.4% |
| SciCode | – | 48.8% |
| ProofBench | – | 26.0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | – | 153.7 |
| LMArena Text | – | 1473 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | – | 1495 |
| LMArena Coding | – | 1525 |
| LMArena WebDev | – | 1517 |
| LMArena Agent | – | -3.6 |
| LiveBench | – | 73.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | – | 83.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | – | 74.2% |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | – | 43.6% |
| LiveBench Mathematics | – | 85.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | – | 71.8% |
| LiveBench Language | – | 79.7% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | – | 74.0% |
| AA Intelligence Index | – | 29.9 |
| IFBench | – | 80.5% |
| AA-LCR | – | 79.0% |
| AA-Omniscience | – | 13.5 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | – | 50.8% |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | – | 92.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | – | 40.5% |
| SciCode (AA) | – | 49.5% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | – | 94.7% |
| LiveCodeBench | – | 87.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | – | 89.3% |
| LegalBench | – | 84.9% |
| CorpFin | – | 63.7% |
| TaxEval | – | 75.3% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | – | 61.0% |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | – | 68.8% |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | – | 90.2% |
| Vals Index | – | 44.8 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | – | 1110 |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 95.0% | – |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.2% | – |
| CritPt | 30.6% | 13.4% |
| GDPval (AA) | – | 34.5% |
| τ²-Bench Banking (AA) | – | 11.8% |
| ITBench SRE (AA) | – | 42.5% |
| Analyst Agent (AA) | – | 18.8% |
| Code Migration | – | 13.1% |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark | – | 57.0% |
| Finance Agent v2 | – | 47.8% |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | – | 1.7% |
| Legal Research Bench | – | 25.5% |
| MedCode | – | 38.8% |
| MedScribe | – | 79.4% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 (Vals) | – | 59.2% |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | – | 47.7% |
| LMArena Maths | – | 1489 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | – | 1444 |
| LMArena Instruction Following | – | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-turn | – | 1482 |
| LMArena Longer Queries | – | 1494 |
| Chess Puzzles | – | 19.0% |
| EBR-bench | – | 9.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | – | 32.0% |
| LMCA | 53.9% | 44.0% |
| DTBench | 96.0% | 92.3% |
| GBAEval | – | 0.4% |
| ALE-Bench | – | 1189.4 |
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 7: questions
- Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Qwen3 7?
- GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) leads on quality: 67.1 vs 61.0. 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 7?
- Qwen3 7 is cheaper: $3.75 against $67.50 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, GPT-5.5 Pro or Qwen3 7?
- Qwen3 7 streams faster: 196 against 4 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- GPT-5.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.1M against 1M tokens.