GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 11 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| GPT-6 Astra OpenAI | 92.0% | 53.5% | 97.6% | 96.1% | 54.7% | 48.5% | 87.9% | 46.4% | 56.5% | 66.6% | 89.6% | 59.3% | - | 95.0% | 98.5% | 99.9% | 41.4% | 95.9% | 91.5% | - | 74.1% | 2164elo | 82.8 | 100.0% | 42.4% | 53.3% | 37.8% | 63.4% | - | - | - | 60.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96.3% | 0.84 | 72.6% | 99.0% | 92.7% | 85.4% | 88.0% | - | - | 57.9% | - | 64.6% | - | - | - | 74.5% |
| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 21.0% | 40.8% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 27.8% | 36.9% | 77.0% | 44.9% | 40.7% | 32.0% | 25.6% | - | 95.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96.7 | 75.2% | 83.2% | - | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | 88.5 | 94.5 | 89.5 | 68.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.8 | 74.7% | - | 43.9% | - | 59.5 | 51.5% | 97.7% | 58.9% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-6 Astra OpenAI | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | OpenAI's GPT-6 flagship, launched as its best computer-use model: it drives browsers, spreadsheets and desktop applications rather than answering questions about them. Built on OpenAI's largest training run to date and the first model it designates Critical for cybersecurity capability. Rolling out from Daybreak enterprise access to ChatGPT and the API; Pro, Business and Enterprise plans also get a GPT-6 Astra Pro tier. | Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba. |
| Family | GPT | Qwen3.6 |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | - | proprietary |
| Released | 3 Sep 2026 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 1,050,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $10.00 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $50.00 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $1.000 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | $12.500 | $0.406 |
| Speed | 63 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 198.54 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | file, image, text | 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-6 Astra or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 11 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-6 Astra leads on 11 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-6 Astra and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-6 Astra scores 96.1% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3.6 Plus?
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $3.00 per million output tokens against $50.00 for GPT-6 Astra - about 16.7x.
- When were GPT-6 Astra and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- GPT-6 Astra was released 3 Sep 2026 by OpenAI. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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