GPT-5 vs Qwen3 6
GPT-5 
Qwen3 6 Verdict
- Qwen3 6 (max) leads on quality: 63.3 vs 60.8.
- GPT-5 is stronger in coding, maths, multimodal, reasoning.
- Qwen3 6 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, composite, human preference, instruction following, knowledge, long context.
- Qwen3 6 (max) is 1.2× cheaper ($2.96 vs $3.44 per 1M blended).
- GPT-5 streams 1.4× faster (85 vs 60 tokens per second).
| Metric | GPT-5 | Qwen3 6 (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 60.8 | 63.3 |
| Agents & tools score | 51.0 | 72.0 |
| Coding score | 60.9 | 58.1 |
| Composite score | 58.1 | 64.9 |
| Human preference score | 61.7 | 65.8 |
| Instruction following score | 65.0 | 74.2 |
| Knowledge score | 62.2 | 64.0 |
| Long context score | 65.6 | 66.9 |
| Maths score | 72.8 | 64.2 |
| Multimodal score | 59.6 | – |
| Reasoning score | 64.2 | 63.1 |
| Blended price $/M | $3.44 | $2.96 |
| Output speed | 85 tok/s | 60 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 60.7 s | 36.6 s |
| Context window | 400k | 246k |
| GPQA Diamond | – | 87.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME | – | 91.1% |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch) | – | 76.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 52.0% |
| Terminal-Bench | 49.6% | – |
| SimpleBench | – | 63.0% |
| SciCode | 42.9% | – |
| Remote Labor Index | 1.7% | – |
| WeirdML | 39.8% | – |
| APEX-Agents | 18.3% | – |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150 | 149.3 |
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1460 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1449 | 1481 |
| LMArena Coding | 1462 | 1509 |
| LMArena WebDev | – | 1479 |
| LMArena Vision | 1232 | – |
| AA Intelligence Index | 23.0 | 28.4 |
| IFBench | 73.1% | 76.6% |
| AA-LCR | 78.2% | 80.7% |
| MMMU-Pro | 74.2% | – |
| AA-Omniscience | -8.7 | 9.2 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 32.6% | 43.9% |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 85.3% | 88.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 28.5% | 30.8% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | 84.8% | 95.9% |
| CorpFin | – | 66.5% |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | – | 72.8% |
| PRBench Finance | 51.3% | – |
| PRBench Legal | 49.0% | – |
| VISTA | 49.7% | – |
| MultiNRC | 52.1% | – |
| TutorBench | 55.3% | – |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 72.7% | – |
| IFEval (HELM) | 87.5% | – |
| Omni-MATH (HELM) | 64.7% | – |
| WildBench (HELM) | 85.7% | – |
| MMLU-Pro (HELM) | 86.3% | – |
| GPQA Diamond (HELM) | 79.1% | – |
| HELM Capabilities mean | 80.7% | – |
| Aider Polyglot | 88.0% | – |
| SWE-bench Verified (any scaffold) | 75.6% | – |
Data as of 2026-09-12. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
GPT-5 vs Qwen3 6: questions
- Is GPT-5 better than Qwen3 6?
- Qwen3 6 (max) leads on quality: 63.3 vs 60.8. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Qwen3 6 (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-12, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is GPT-5 better than Qwen3 6 for coding?
- GPT-5 scores higher in coding (61 vs 58 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is GPT-5 better than Qwen3 6 for agentic tasks?
- Qwen3 6 scores higher in agentic tasks (72 vs 51 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, GPT-5 or Qwen3 6?
- Qwen3 6 is cheaper: $2.96 against $3.44 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, GPT-5 or Qwen3 6?
- GPT-5 streams faster: 85 against 60 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- GPT-5 accepts more context: 400k against 246k tokens.