GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 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 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (Max)On the frontier

Intelligence: 51.80
Total cost: $1082

AlibabaQwen3.7 PlusOff the frontier

Intelligence: 25.20
Total cost: $428

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 26.6 points higher (51.8 vs 25.2) but costs 2.5× as much to run the benchmark ($1082 vs $428; premium vs mid-range cost classes). Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Qwen3.7 Plus.

Metric	GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)	Qwen3.7 Plus	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	51.8	25.2	−51.4% Qwen3.7 Plus is 51.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,081.55	$427.73	−60.5% Qwen3.7 Plus is 60.5% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	220.48s	44.78s	−79.7% Qwen3.7 Plus is 79.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$0.40 / $1.60
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Video

Qwen3.7 Plus vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Max): 51.4% less intelligence, 60.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 79.7% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) 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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