GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) by OpenAI or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 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-6.1 Sol (Low)
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Low): 5.2% less intelligence, 950.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 436.2% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 42.1 | 39.9 | −5.2% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 5.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $250.48 | $2,632.05 | +950.8% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 11× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.89s | 63.76s | +436.2% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 436.2% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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