GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) by OpenAI or Qwen3.7 Plus by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)
Qwen3.7 Plus vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium): 47.3% less intelligence, 18.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 232.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 47.8 | 25.2 | −47.3% Qwen3.7 Plus is 47.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $361.37 | $427.73 | +18.4% Qwen3.7 Plus is 18.4% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.94s | 46.28s | +232.0% Qwen3.7 Plus is 232.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.40 / $1.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- 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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