GPT-5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 15 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 27.8% | 75.2% | 83.2% | 36.9% | 77.0% | 68.0% | 44.9% | 40.7% | 74.7% | 43.9% | 25.6% | 97.7% | - | - | - | - | - | 95.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.0% | - | - | - | - | - | 40.8% | - | - | - | - | - | 96.7 | - | - | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 88.5 | 94.5 | - | 89.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 73.8 | - | - | - | 59.5 | - | - | 32.0% | 51.5% | - | - | - | 59.0% |
| GPT-5 OpenAI | 61.1% | 32.4% | 68.6% | 6.6% | 45.0% | 83.4% | 49.6% | 83.7% | 65.5% | 43.7% | 37.8% | 73.4% | 12.9% | 20.1% | 0.0% | 46.7% | 91.1% | 88.0% | 94.6% | 48.3% | - | 0.0% | 0.15 | 0.0% | 68.1% | 4.58 | - | 57.7% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 1623elo | 72.8 | - | 91.7% | 0.0% | 88.9% | 83.3% | 100.0% | - | 48.9% | 58.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54.3% | 37.5% | 0.52 | 1.62 | 100.0% | 86.1% | 0.0% | 92.7% | 92.7% | 93.3% | 10.0% | - | - | 82.0% | - | 0.0% | 60.0% | 0.26 | 0.0% | 18.0% | - | 74.9% | 74.4% | 2.34 | - | 87.5% | 0.86 | - | - | 54.8% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 56.7% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-5 OpenAI | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | OpenAI's August 2025 unified frontier model that auto-routes between a fast model and a deeper "thinking" variant. | Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba. |
| Family | GPT 5 | Qwen3.6 |
| Params | Undisclosed (closed) | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | Proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 7 Aug 2025 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 400,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | - | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | - | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.125 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | - | $0.406 |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | text, image, video |
| Providers | openai | - |
| Publisher | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond88.2% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)27.8% (AA) IFBench75.2% (AA) SciCode40.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.7% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GPT-5 or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 15 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Qwen3.6 Plus leads on 11 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-5 and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-5 scores 68.6% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- When were GPT-5 and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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