Compare · 2026-10-14
GPT-5.5 vs Qwen3 8 Max
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 Max in 1 of 2 shared categories: Vision.
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GPT-5.5
It used to be. Was SOTA in General LLM.
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Qwen3 8 Max
#16 Best current rank: #16 in Vision, as of Oct 14, 2026.
| Category | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3 8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #21 · Was SOTA · General LLM Margin 14.285714285714292 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Reasoning | #25 · #25 in Reasoning Margin 17.808219178082197 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 2, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Science | #30 · #30 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026 | #20 · #20 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 2, 2026 |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Coding › Web dev | #44 · #44 in Coding › Web dev Margin 40.18691588785047 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Long context | #23 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 15.646258503401356 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Vision | #10 · Was SOTA · Vision Margin 28.94736842105263 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026 | #16 · #16 in Vision Margin 44.73684210526316 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 2, 2026 |
| Factuality | #5 · Was SOTA · Factuality Margin 4.477611940298502 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 2, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #7 · #7 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026 | — |
Price per 1M tokens
GPT-5.5: $11.25 per 1M blended tokens.
Qwen3 8 Max: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
Open weights
GPT-5.5: closed weights.
Qwen3 8 Max: closed weights.
Which to pick
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Qwen3 8 Max leads GPT-5.5 in Science at #20 against #30.
Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 Max in Vision at #10 against #16.
GPT-5.5 or Qwen3 8 Max?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 Max in 1 of 2 shared categories: Vision.
GPT-5.5 or Qwen3 8 Max for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Qwen3 8 Max leads GPT-5.5 in Science at #20 against #30.
GPT-5.5 or Qwen3 8 Max for Vision?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Qwen3 8 Max in Vision at #10 against #16.