GPT-6 Luna (Max) vs Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-6 Luna (Max) by OpenAI or Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) 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 Luna (Max)
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) vs GPT-6 Luna (Max): 66.7% less intelligence, 91.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 80.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6 Luna (Max) | Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 38.1 | 12.7 | −66.7% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 66.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $122.05 | $233.56 | +91.4% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 91.4% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 101.92s | 20.01s | −80.4% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 80.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.23 / $2.30 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6 Luna (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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