GPT-5.6 Luna (High) vs Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Luna (High) by OpenAI or Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5.6 Luna (High)
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Luna (High): 60.4% less intelligence, 116.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 27.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Luna (High) | Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 32.1 | 12.7 | −60.4% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 60.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $108.15 | $233.56 | +116.0% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 2.2× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.31s | 20.83s | +27.7% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 27.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.20 / $1.20 | $0.23 / $2.30 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5.6 Luna (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) scores 37.80 for $94.1.
- Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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