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Qwen3.6-Plus vs GPT-5.4 mini
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 18 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 18 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs OpenAI, every model from both labs.
Qwen3.6-Plus or GPT-5.4 mini? The short answer
Pick Qwen3.6-Plus: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 27.0 against 24.1) and costs less.
- Qwen3.6-Plus is cheaper: $0.73 against $1.69 per million tokens, 2.3 times less.
- Qwen3.6-Plus scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 27.0 against 24.1.
- Qwen3.6-Plus is newer: released 31 Mar 2026, against 17 Mar 2026 for GPT-5.4 mini.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.6-Plus does better for reasoning and knowledge.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.6-Plus | GPT-5.4 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.33 in · $1.95 out | $0.75 in · $4.50 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.73 | $1.69 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | $1.69 (Azure) |
| Cached input, per million | – | $0.075 cached input |
| Intelligence Index | 27.0 | 24.1 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | – |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 400,000 tokens |
| Released | 31 Mar 2026 (newer) | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | the US |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3.6-Plus | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 76 · 72 of 387 measured | 1,443 | 1,447high reasoning |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 84 · 64 of 163 measured | 1,438 | 1,447high reasoning |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 75 · 53 of 380 measured | 1,446 | 1,460high reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 62 · 81 of 243 measured | 27.0 | 24.1xhigh reasoning |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 58 · 61 of 231 measured | 88.2% | 87.5%xhigh reasoning |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 84 · 82 of 242 measured | 27.8% | 28.1%xhigh reasoning |
| SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result | ||
| Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 38 · 60 of 76 measured | 44.1% | 29.4%high reasoning |
Show all 18 results (11 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.6-Plus | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 82 · 92 of 385 measured | 1,407 | 1,401high reasoning |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 68 · 63 of 338 measured | 1,476 | 1,480high reasoning |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 74 · 77 of 387 measured | 1,435 | 1,434high reasoning |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 76 · 75 of 386 measured | 1,423 | 1,423high reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 7 results | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 47 · 51 of 130 measured | 61.4% | 59.2%xhigh reasoning |
| τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 48 · 39 of 121 measured | 20.8% | 25.6%xhigh reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 50 · 46 of 131 measured | 54.5 | 56.1xhigh reasoning |
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 29 · 34 of 195 measured | 75.2% | 73.3%xhigh reasoning |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 54 · 70 of 233 measured | 78.3% | 77.0%xhigh reasoning |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 23 · 11 of 190 measured | 43.9% | 52.3%xhigh reasoning |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 7 · 65 of 193 measured | 97.7% | 83.3%xhigh reasoning |
Compare them with other models
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.6-Plus better than GPT-5.4 mini?
Pick Qwen3.6-Plus: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 27.0 against 24.1) and costs less.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6-Plus or GPT-5.4 mini?
Qwen3.6-Plus is cheaper: $0.73 against $1.69 per million tokens, 2.3 times less.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.6-Plus or GPT-5.4 mini?
GPT-5.4 mini ranks 56 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 63 for Qwen3.6-Plus.
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.6-Plus or GPT-5.4 mini?
Qwen3.6-Plus ranks 67 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 71 for GPT-5.4 mini.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.6-Plus or GPT-5.4 mini?
Qwen3.6-Plus ranks 54 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 58 for GPT-5.4 mini.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.6-Plus or GPT-5.4 mini?
GPT-5.4 mini ranks 66 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 80 for Qwen3.6-Plus.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.6-Plus or GPT-5.4 mini?
Qwen3.6-Plus: 1,000,000 tokens, against 400,000 for GPT-5.4 mini.
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