gpt-oss-120b (High) vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: gpt-oss-120b (High) by OpenAI or Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) 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-oss-120b (High)
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) vs gpt-oss-120b (High): 3.4% less intelligence, 168.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 308.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | gpt-oss-120b (High) | Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 11.6 | 11.2 | −3.4% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 3.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $122.71 | $328.86 | +168.0% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 2.7× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.29s | 46.17s | +308.9% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 308.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $0.14 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- gpt-oss-120b (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
- Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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