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GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)
GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) and Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025) (Alibaba) compared on benchmarks, pricing, context window, and use-case rankings.
- GPT-5.6 Sol leads on overall intelligence (ECI 162 vs 145).
| Attribute | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Intelligence (ECI) | 162 | 145 |
| Coding | 95 | — |
| Math | 97 | 19 |
| Reasoning & Knowledge | 95 | 24 |
| Agentic & Tools | 67 | — |
| Specifications | ||
| Developer | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Family | GPT | Qwen |
| Released | Jul 9, 2026 | Sep 1, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | 235B |
| Availability | API access | Open weights (unrestricted) |
| Context window | 1.1M | — |
| Price — $/M input | $5.00 | — |
| Price — $/M output | $30.00 | — |
| Inputs | file, image, text | — |
| Outputs | text | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AIME 2024/2025 | 100% | 87% |
| APEX | 40% | — |
| ARC-AGI | 98% | 11% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 93% | 1% |
| GPQA Diamond | 93% | 80% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 47% | — |
| SciCode | 56% | — |
| SimpleBench | 72% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 72% | 50% |
| WeirdML | 89% | 41% |
| τ²-bench | 85% | — |
| FrontierMath | — | 8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 0% |
Use-case scores are 0–100 percentile composites across each area’s benchmarks, ranked against every model from the past year. Highlighted cells lead each row. Open a model for the full picture.
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Is GPT-5.6 Sol better than Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)?
On Epoch AI's Capabilities Index, GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher (162) than Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025) (145). The right pick depends on your task — compare their coding, math, and reasoning scores in the table above.
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