GPT-5.4 Mini vs Qwen3.7 Max
Updated October 21, 2026. 38 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Qwen3.7 Max for coding: it scores 45.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.2 for GPT-5.4 Mini.
Pick GPT-5.4 Mini when a solved task costs $0.70 against $4.69, or when what matters is SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 38
- GPT-5.4 Mini only
- 50
- Qwen3.7 Max only
- 21
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max scores 45.1 against 28.2.
One benchmark behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 29.5 against 24.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 22.5 against 17.9.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 90.2% against 83.1%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only GPT-5.4 Mini has a AIME result, 95.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 89.3% against 84.5%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a Design Arena: websites result, 1274.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max takes 1M tokens against 400K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-5.4 Mini
GPT-5.4 Mini $0.0030, Qwen3.7 Max $0.0037 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
GPT-5.4 Mini
GPT-5.4 Mini $0.70, Qwen3.7 Max $4.69.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-5.4 Mini 28.2 from 1 benchmark, Qwen3.7 Max 45.1 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Math, 12.3 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- SimpleQA Verified: GPT-5.4 Mini 29.4% against Qwen3.7 Max 55.8%, 26.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-5.4 Mini $4.50 against Qwen3.7 Max $4.425 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-5.4 Mini takes 400K tokens, Qwen3.7 Max 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GPT-5.4 Mini | Bars | Qwen3.7 Max | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 8 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 6 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 34 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index48
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1397 | 1515 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| AA Coding Index | 56.1 | 66.0 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | 87.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 73.0% | 68.8% | GPT-5.4 Mini |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 2.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 48.0% | 47.7% | GPT-5.4 Mini |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 12.9% | 13.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 54.7% | 61.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SciCode | 52.1% | 49.5% | GPT-5.4 Mini |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 52.3% | 50.8% | GPT-5.4 Mini |
| FrontierCode | 27.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| WeirdML | 60.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1188.6 | 1189.4 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1438 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1436 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1386 | 1514 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1419 | 1512 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 24.1 | 29.5 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.7 | 154.0 | Qwen3.7 Max |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 17.9 | 22.5 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1208 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1191 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1153 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1165 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1187 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1161 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1158 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1196 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 45.4% | 47.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 8.8% | 15.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 12.5% | 25.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 45.4% | 57.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 83.3% | 94.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| DeepResearch Bench | 36.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.1% | 90.2% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 79.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.5% | 92.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.1% | 40.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 86.9% | 90.9% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ARC-AGI | 63.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 18.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 70.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Chess puzzles | 23.0% | 26.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Mystery game puzzles | 11.0% | 32.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 9.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1424 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1435 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1420 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1266 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1285 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 88.9% | 95.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 51.2% | 64.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 9.8% | 34.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ProofBench | 21.0% | 26.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMArena Text: math | 1418 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1429 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 84.5% | 89.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 51.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.9% | 63.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.2% | 75.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 63.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 29.4% | 55.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMArena Text: science | 1417 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1395 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1414 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1418 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1274 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1265 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1275 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1266 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1275 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1216 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1211 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 50.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 54.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| IFBench | 73.3% | 80.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 77.0% | 79.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| DTBench | 80.0% | 92.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMCA | 40.8% | 44.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMArena Text | 1412 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1405 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1370 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1245 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1412 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1405 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1446 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1408 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1375 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1370 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1441 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1405 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1417 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1415 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1429 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1408 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1393 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1373 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1244 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1286 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1253 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1235 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1218 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1222 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-5.4 Mini costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-5.4 Mini costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-5.4 Mini costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-5.4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 17, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 400K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.75 | $1.475 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.50 | $4.425 |
| Coding index | 28.2 | 45.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.70 | $4.69 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-5.4 Mini better than Qwen3.7 Max for coding?
Pick Qwen3.7 Max for coding: it scores 45.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.2 for GPT-5.4 Mini. Pick GPT-5.4 Mini when a solved task costs $0.70 against $4.69, or when what matters is SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Mini or Qwen3.7 Max?
GPT-5.4 Mini costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.475 and $4.425. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, GPT-5.4 Mini costs $0.70 and Qwen3.7 Max $4.69.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5.4 Mini or Qwen3.7 Max?
Qwen3.7 Max, with 1M tokens against 400K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-5.4 Mini vs Qwen3.7 Max comparison based on?
38 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-5.4 Mini's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.7 Max's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.