GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) by OpenAI or Qwen3.8 Max (0902) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium): 5.0% less intelligence, 1265.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 362.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 47.8 | 45.4 | −5.0% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 5.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $361.37 | $4,934.79 | +1265.6% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 14× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.60s | 62.92s | +362.6% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 362.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
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