BenchLeader

GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3.8 Max

Verdict
  • GPT-6 Astra (max) leads on quality: 70.2 vs 64.2.
  • GPT-6 Astra (max) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, knowledge, long context, maths, multimodal, reasoning.
  • Qwen3.8 Max (max) is stronger in human preference.
  • Qwen3.8 Max (max) is 6.7× cheaper ($3.00 vs $20.00 per 1M blended).
MetricGPT-6 Astra (max)Qwen3.8 Max (max)
BenchLeader Index70.264.2
Agents & tools score68.858.2
Coding score74.464.6
Composite score80.370.7
Human preference score67.068.0
Knowledge score79.962.7
Long context score65.665.4
Maths score72.265.1
Multimodal score66.366.2
Reasoning score76.772.2
Blended price $/M$20.00$3.00
Output speed47 tok/s37 tok/s
Time to first answer383.6 s58.9 s
Context window1.1M1M
GPQA Diamond95.8%–
FrontierMath Tiers 1–393.7%–
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%–
OTIS Mock AIME100.0%–
SimpleQA Verified75.6%–
Terminal-Bench58.2%27.0%
SciCode56.5%53.2%
WeirdML93.3%–
APEX-Agents–63.3%
FrontierCode53.3%–
ProofBench–58.0%
Epoch Capabilities Index–156.4
LMArena Text14751483
LMArena Hard Prompts15001504
LMArena Coding15421524
LMArena WebDev17861672
LMArena Vision12811314
LMArena Agent13.12.3
LiveBench82.2%78.5%
LiveBench Reasoning92.7%88.2%
LiveBench Coding80.4%72.9%
LiveBench Agentic Coding57.3%64.7%
LiveBench Mathematics96.8%91.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis83.0%78.4%
LiveBench Language89.4%79.7%
LiveBench Instruction Following75.6%74.1%
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.252.745.4
AA-LCR80.7%80.3%
MMMU-Pro86.9%82.8%
AA-Omniscience43.412.0
GPQA Diamond (AA)96.1%92.8%
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)54.7%43.1%
SciCode (AA)56.5%53.2%
LiveCodeBench–87.8%
MMLU-Pro–88.6%
IOI100.0%68.9%
LegalBench–83.6%
CorpFin–65.8%
TaxEval–75.5%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)87.3%67.4%
SWE-bench (Vals)–85.6%
GPQA Diamond (Vals)–93.7%
Vals Index63.148.3
ARC-AGI-197.5%–
ARC-AGI-295.0%–
ARC-AGI-398.6%–
CritPt31.7%20.0%
GDPval-AA v2.152.1%58.6%
τ³-Banking (AA)41.4%51.3%
ITBench SRE (AA)48.6%40.3%
Analyst Agent (AA)51.3%45.0%
APEX-Agents (AA)–42.4%
BioMysteryBench79.3%–
Code Migration67.7%24.0%
CUA-bench19.2%–
CyberBench41.1%28.6%
Excel Modeling Benchmark71.7%60.1%
Finance Agent v253.5%50.6%
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark5.4%10.4%
Legal Research Bench39.4%47.6%
MedCode48.5%40.7%
MedScribe87.9%85.0%
MMMU-Pro (Vals)–88.0%
MortgageTax–64.0%
MysteryMechanism53.1%23.9%
ProgramBench5.5%0.0%
Public Benefits Bench–67.1%
SAGE46.4%51.3%
SkillsBench–42.0%
SREBench56.9%–
Tax Agent Bench63.3%66.0%
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals)59.6%34.3%
Terminal-Bench Science62.9%1.4%
Time Horizon Index: KSP90.5%–
Vals Multimodal Index–65.4%
Vibe Code Bench 1-10027.6%12.8%
Vibe Code Bench v1.189.6%64.7%
LMArena Maths14861497
LMArena Creative Writing14481470
LMArena Instruction Following14691474
LMArena Multi-turn14841492
LMArena Longer Queries14841492
LMArena Document1473–
Chess Puzzles72.0%–
EBR-bench76.2%–
Mystery Game Puzzles84.0%–
BALROG68.3%–
DeepSWE v1.173.2%–
ALE-Bench2951.3–
GDP.pdf34.2%–
FrontierSWE65.5%–
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)59.1%38.9%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)88.4%88.8%
AutomationBench68.5%56.2%
GDP.pdf31.0%22.8%
MLCR35.0%20.0%
Harvey LAB8.6%–
EnterpriseOps-Gym–47.6%
AA-Omniscience: accuracy62.6%31.9%
AA-Omniscience: non-hallucination48.7%71.2%
AA-Briefcase v1.115701617

Data as of 2026-10-11. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3.8 Max: questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3.8 Max?
GPT-6 Astra (max) leads on quality: 70.2 vs 64.2. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-6 Astra (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-10-11, but check the category scores for your use.
Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3.8 Max for coding?
GPT-6 Astra scores higher in coding (74 vs 65 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Is GPT-6 Astra better than Qwen3.8 Max for agentic tasks?
GPT-6 Astra scores higher in agentic tasks (69 vs 58 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper: $3.00 against $20.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3.8 Max?
GPT-6 Astra streams faster: 47 against 37 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.1M against 1M tokens.