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GPT-5.6 SolvsQwen3.8-Max
GPT-5.6 Sol leads 5 of 6 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.8-Max is 3.6x cheaper per token. GPT-5.6 Sol has the larger context window (1.1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
5 – 1
GPT-5.6 Sol leads
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.8-Max
3.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.6 Sol
1.1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.6667% · —
OpenAI · Qwen
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI · released 2026-07-09
textvision
Qwen3.8-Max
Qwen · released 2026-08-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
6 shared · 1 only GPT-5.6 Sol · 2 only Qwen3.8-Max| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8-Max | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 6 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 94.6% ↗ | 92.6% ↗ | +2 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 82.9% ↗epoch | 46.3% ↗epoch | +36.6 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 89.1% ↗epoch | 74.7% ↗epoch | +14.4 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 100% ↗epoch | 99.4% ↗epoch | +0.6 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% ↗epoch | 45.8% ↗epoch | +23.9 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 64.6% ↗ | 67.7% ↗ | -3.1 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Only GPT-5.6 Sol reports · 1 | ||||
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 72.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.8-Max reports · 2 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1480.6 ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 86.6% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-5.6 Sol minus Qwen3.8-Max in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.8-Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.1M tokens | 1M tokens | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 131K tokens | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Input price / 1M | $4 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Output price / 1M | $20 ↗ | $4.95 ↗ | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.4 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $24 | $6.6 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-07-09 | 2026-08-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 8 | 9 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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