OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is 8.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Input
$5.00
Output
$30.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
8.3× cheaper
Output
$3.60
8.3× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on both — 8.3× input, 8.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 6.9x more emoji
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
63%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length14w
0.79Hedging0.39
3.4Bold6.9
3.8Lists4.2
0.03Emoji0.23
0.95Headings0.93
0.08Transitions0.17
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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