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GPT-5 Nano vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Head to head on 19 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
Qwen3.6 Plus

Alibaba

26.2%88.2%27.8%75.2%73.5%78.2%69.9%58.3%75.0%83.7%75.8%36.9%77.0%68.0%44.9%40.7%74.7%43.9%97.7%--95.3---61.9%23.0%---40.8%---96.783.2%------88.594.5-89.5-----73.8-59.5-32.0%51.5%--25.6%---59.0%
GPT-5 Nano

OpenAI

8.3%42.8%4.0%32.5%52.8%62.4%43.4%55.7%46.8%68.4%40.3%30.4%72.9%53.6%30.4%29.1%67.4%6.8%25.7%0.0%27.3%-0.250.216.7%--10.0%703elo28-78.2%1.18100.0%--47.0%1.381.38100.0%100.0%26.7%--55.6%-100.0%0.0%0.0%12.0%1.72-34.8%-29.7%--20.41-6.67-82.0%82.0%40.0%43.7%
2 / 2 models
AttributeGPT-5 Nano

OpenAI

Qwen3.6 Plus

Alibaba

DescriptionGPT-5 nano is an AI model from OpenAI.Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba.
FamilyGPTQwen3.6
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released7 Aug 20252 Apr 2026
Context400,0001,000,000
Input $/1M$0.05$0.50
Output $/1M$0.40$3.00
Cache read $/1M$0.005-
Cache write $/1M-$0.406
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, filetext, image, video
Providers--
PublisherOpenAIAlibaba
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GPT-5 Nano or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
Across the 19 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Qwen3.6 Plus leads on 19 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-5 Nano and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-5 Nano scores 42.8% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Nano or Qwen3.6 Plus?
GPT-5 Nano is cheaper at $0.40 per million output tokens against $3.00 for Qwen3.6 Plus - about 7.5x.
When were GPT-5 Nano and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
GPT-5 Nano was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.

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