# GPT-5.5 vs Qwen3 8 27B

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 27B in 5 of 6 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

GPT-5.5: $11.25 per 1M blended tokens.

Qwen3 8 27B: $0.73 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.5: closed weights.

Qwen3 8 27B: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 27B in General LLM at #22 against #90.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 27B in Reasoning at #26 against #84.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Qwen3 8 27B leads GPT-5.5 in Coding › Web dev at #26 against #48.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 27B in Long context at #26 against #92.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 27B in Factuality at #5 against #86.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 27B in Abstraction (ARC) at #7 against #20.

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.5 is near state of the art, rank #5 in Factuality (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text factuality; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Qwen3 8 27B is tied for state of the art in Reasoning (since Oct 8, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).