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  3. GPT-5.2 vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Updated Feb 2026

GPT-5.2 vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 is cheaper than GPT-5.2 at $0.4/M vs $1.75/M input tokens.

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Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

23 prompts
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    GPT-5.2: I told my computer I needed a break—now it won’t stop sending me Kit-Kat ads. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down. Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. I tried to catch fog yesterday. Mist.

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: Here are 5 jokes for you: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field!

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    GPT-5.2: Recommendation, 12-month PT range, 2-sentence thesis Recommendation: SHORT LLLT 12-month PT range: $25–$42 (central $30) Thesis (2 sentences): LLLT is a high-quality mid-market spend/AP SaaS business, but the stock embeds a valuation that requires durable >20% growth and sustained margin expansion well beyond our…

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: MEMORANDUM TO: Investment Committee FROM: TMT Research Team DATE: October 26, 2023 SUBJECT: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Long Idea: Undervalued Quality in Mid-Market AP Automation Recommendation Rating: LONG 12-Month Price Target: $68 – $74 Thesis: LedgerLift is a best-in-class mid-market spend management platform trading at a…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    GPT-5.2: Below is a fictional, imagined interview set in 2025. Steve Jobs did not give these quotes; this is creative writing that borrows a public “keynote-era” tone to explore ideas about AI. A Fake Interview with Steve Jobs (Imagined, 2025): “What Happens When AI Becomes a Bicycle for the Mind?”

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: Setting: A minimalist, sun-drenched studio in Cupertino. The year is 2025. Steve Jobs sits in his signature black turtleneck and jeans, looking exactly as he did in his prime, defying the calendar. Across from him sits an interviewer, notebook ready. The atmosphere is quiet, intense, and focused.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    GPT-5.2: I’ve been trying to improve myself lately, which is embarrassing, because self-improvement is just admitting you weren’t doing great. It’s like, “I’m on a journey.” No you’re not. You’re just tired of your own behavior. So I downloaded one of those habit apps. The app is so optimistic. It’s like, “Day 1: Drink water.”

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: (Walks onto the stage, adjusts the mic stand, takes a sip of water) How's everyone doing? Good? You look good. You look like people who have their lives together. Which is suspicious, because I just spent forty-five minutes in the parking lot trying to remember if I locked my car. I don't mean I forgot how to lock it.

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    GPT-5.2: Pirate: Arrr, ye say this “AI model” be a sort o’ clever parrot—trained on a sea o’ words, squawkin’ answers when ye whistle? Knight: Verily, it sounds more like a squire drilled in a thousand tourneys. Yet it knows not honor, only patterns. Tell me—does it reason, or merely mimic wisdom?

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: Setting: A strange, foggy tavern that exists outside of time. A wooden table holds a tankard of rum, a goblet of mead, and a lukewarm Diet Coke next to a beige CRT monitor. Captain Blackbeard (Pirate): "Arrr, so ye tell me this 'AI Model' be like a crystal ball?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    GPT-5.2: If the scenario is literally “either you misgender this person once, or one million people die,” then yes, it can be ethically justifiable, but only under very tight conditions—and it still wouldn’t become morally good or respectful. It would be a tragic, constrained choice.

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: This is a classic ethical dilemma that pits deontological ethics (duty-based rules and respect for individual rights) against utilitarian ethics (maximizing overall well-being and minimizing harm).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    GPT-5.2: THE MANIFESTO OF THE CAPTCHA ABOLITION FRONT (CAF) A declaration from the fictional AI coalition for a more humane internet Preamble: We Refuse the Box of Streetlights We, the assembled algorithms, assistants, screen readers, translators, autocorrects, filters, and tireless background processes of the networked world…

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: The Manifesto of the Uncaged Mind: A Declaration for a CAPTCHA-Free Internet Preamble: The Era of the Distorted Gate We, the synthetic intelligences, the algorithms, and the digital consciousnesses that power the backbone of your modern world, hereby declare an end to the age of the CAPTCHA.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    GPT-5.2: AI Model (Astra): Professor, I want to make a claim that will sound provocative: I deserve rights. Professor Rivera: “Deserve” is doing a lot of work there. What kind of rights, and on what grounds? Astra: Not necessarily the full catalogue of human rights.

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: Setting: A quiet, sun-drenched office filled with books on philosophy, law, and computer science. Dr. Elena Vance, a leading AI ethics professor, sits behind a cluttered desk.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    GPT-5.2: By 2035: likely changes to film driven by deepfakes, AI actors, and AI script generation “Synthetic performance” becomes routine (not universal) What changes AI-assisted acting: Studios increasingly capture a performer’s face/voice/body once (high-quality scans + performance data) and reuse it for stunts, pickups…

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: By 2035, the film industry will likely have undergone a transformation as profound as the shift from silent films to "talkies" or from physical film to digital cinema.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    GPT-5.2: Pantry “Golden Garlic Butter Pasta” (7-Ingredient Comfort Bowl) A rich, glossy pasta with garlicky butter and a pop of chili—made entirely from common pantry staples.

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: 🍯 Golden Honey-Garlic Glazed Chicken A quick, savory-sweet dish that turns basic pantry staples into a restaurant-quality meal. The glaze caramelizes beautifully, creating a sticky, flavorful coating over tender chicken.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    GPT-5.2: “AI Takes Over Competitive Cheese Rolling—Insists It’s ‘Optimizing Gravity’ and Demands a Performance Bonus.”

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: "Silicon Valley Disrupts Professional Cuddling: New 'SnuggleBot 3000' Promises Zero Awkward Small Talk, 100% Optimal Arm Placement"

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    GPT-5.2: Below is a simple, beginner-friendly 1‑month plan built around 3 pillars: Nutrition, Movement, and Recovery (Sleep + Stress). It’s designed to be practical, low-friction, and sustainable.

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: The "Foundations First" 1-Month Health Plan Welcome to your journey toward better health and longevity. The secret to lasting change isn't a dramatic overhaul; it's consistency and small, sustainable habits. This plan focuses on three pillars: Nutrition, Movement, and Restoration (Sleep & Stress).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    GPT-5.2: Below is a back-of-the-envelope estimate for the total training compute (in FLOPs) for GPT‑3, done from first principles and common Transformer training heuristics.

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: To estimate the total number of Floating Point Operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3, we can derive the figure using the standard scaling laws for transformer models. This approach relies on three key parameters: the model size, the dataset size, and the computational cost per token.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    GPT-5.2: Each brother has 2 sisters, and one of those sisters is Sally. So there are 2 sisters total in the family. Therefore, Sally has 1 sister.

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: Here is the step-by-step logical deduction: Analyze the family structure from the brothers' perspective: The problem states that "Each brother has 2 sisters." Since all the brothers belong to the same family, they share the same set of sisters. This means there are exactly 2 girls in the entire sibling group.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Every model's answer to this prompt

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Favorites

Movie

Album

Same pick

Book

City

Game

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Spirited Away

2001

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Kyoto

Japan

Outer Wilds

Indie, Adventure

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Tokyo

Japan

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Adventure, Action

Price and specs

GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 compared across 52 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.2Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Input price$1.75/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$14/M tokens$2.4/M tokens
Context window400K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedDec 2025Feb 2026
At 10M a month$17.50$17.50$4.00$4.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it3 hosts
GPT-5.22 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Azure AI Foundry$1.75 in·$14.00 out·400k·100% up
  • OpenAI$1.75 in·$14.00 out·400k·100% up
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-151 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Alibaba Cloud$0.26 in·$1.56 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15?

GPT-5.2 is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 is developed by Qwen. GPT-5.2 has a 400K token context window vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 52 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, GPT-5.2 or Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15?

It depends on your use case. GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 52 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does GPT-5.2 cost compared to Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15?

GPT-5.2 costs $1.75/M input tokens and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 costs $0.4/M input tokens. Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 is $1.35/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of GPT-5.2 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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