GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) by OpenAI or Qwen3.7 Plus by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 47.00
Total cost: $3465

AlibabaQwen3.7 PlusOff the frontier

Intelligence: 25.20
Total cost: $428

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) scores 21.8 points higher (47.0 vs 25.2) but costs 8.1× as much to run the benchmark ($3465 vs $428; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) when you need intelligence above 25.2, and Qwen3.7 Plus when 25.2 is enough.

Metric	GPT-5.6 Sol (Max)	Qwen3.7 Plus	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	47.0	25.2	−46.4% Qwen3.7 Plus is 46.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$3,464.84	$427.73	−87.7% Qwen3.7 Plus is 87.7% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	106.87s	47.00s	−56.0% Qwen3.7 Plus is 56.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$4.00 / $20.0	$0.40 / $1.60
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Video

Qwen3.7 Plus vs GPT-5.6 Sol (Max): 46.4% less intelligence, 87.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 56.0% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
Qwen3.7 Plus is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.

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