GPT-5.5 (Medium) vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.5 (Medium) by OpenAI or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs GPT-5.5 (Medium): 17.8% more intelligence, 82.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 300.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.5 (Medium) | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 33.8 | 39.8 | +17.8% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 17.8% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,095.12 | $362.72 | −82.7% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 82.7% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.63s | 50.52s | +300.0% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 300.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $5.00 / $30.0 | $0.15 / $0.47 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5.5 (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
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