BenchLeader

GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3 6

Verdict
  • GPT-6 Astra (max) leads on quality: 70.9 vs 63.3.
  • GPT-6 Astra (max) is stronger in coding, composite, knowledge, maths, reasoning.
  • Qwen3 6 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, human preference, instruction following, long context.
  • Qwen3 6 (max) is 6.7× cheaper ($2.96 vs $20.00 per 1M blended).
  • Qwen3 6 (max) streams 2.2× faster (59 vs 27 tokens per second).
MetricGPT-6 Astra (max)Qwen3 6 (max)
BenchLeader Index70.963.3
Agents & tools score68.272.0
Coding score78.658.2
Composite score72.964.9
Knowledge score80.064.0
Maths score77.264.2
Reasoning score73.663.2
Human preference score65.9
Instruction following score74.2
Long context score66.9
Blended price $/M$20.00$2.96
Output speed27 tok/s59 tok/s
Time to first answer337.3 s38.5 s
Context window1.1M246k
GPQA Diamond95.8%87.4%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–393.7%
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%
OTIS Mock AIME100.0%91.1%
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch)76.7%
SimpleQA Verified75.6%52.0%
Terminal-Bench58.2%
SimpleBench63.0%
SciCode56.5%
FrontierCode53.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.3
LMArena Text1460
LMArena Hard Prompts1482
LMArena Coding1509
LMArena WebDev17961479
LMArena Agent12.5
LiveBench82.2%
LiveBench Reasoning92.7%
LiveBench Coding80.4%
LiveBench Agentic Coding57.3%
LiveBench Mathematics96.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis83.0%
LiveBench Language89.4%
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%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)87.3%
SWE-bench (Vals)72.8%
Vals Index66.6
ARC-AGI-197.5%
ARC-AGI-295.0%
ARC-AGI-398.6%

Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3 6: questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3 6?
GPT-6 Astra (max) leads on quality: 70.9 vs 63.3. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-6 Astra (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3 6 for coding?
GPT-6 Astra scores higher in coding (79 vs 58 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3 6 for agentic tasks?
Qwen3 6 scores higher in agentic tasks (72 vs 68 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3 6?
Qwen3 6 is cheaper: $2.96 against $20.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3 6?
Qwen3 6 streams faster: 59 against 27 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.1M against 246k tokens.