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Updated Sep 2026

GPT-6 Sol ProvsQwen3 Max Thinking

Qwen3 Max Thinking is cheaper than GPT-6 Sol Pro at $1.2/M vs $2/M input tokens.

GPT-6 Sol Pro and Qwen3 Max Thinking compared across 20 shared prompts
SpecGPT-6 Sol ProQwen3 Max Thinking
Input price$2/M tokens$1.2/M tokens
Output price$10/M tokens$6/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens262K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Feb 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 20 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GPT-6 Sol Pro114 words
Golden Pantry Chickpea Patties Prep: 10 minutes · Cook: 8 minutes · Makes: 6 small patties Ingredients — just 7 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 tbsp water 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp paprika ½ tsp salt Instructions Mash the chickpeas with a fork, leaving a few chunky bits.
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Qwen3 Max Thinking288 words
🌰 Pantry Peanut Magic Noodles Sweet, savory, and ready before delivery arrives. No fresh produce, dairy, or meat required. ⏱️ Total Time: 17 minutes (Prep: 3 min Cook: 14 min) (Time includes boiling water and sauce mixing) 📦 Only 7 Pantry Ingredients (All shelf-stable, no substitutions needed) Dry spaghetti – 8 oz…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

GPT-6 Sol Pro1,450 words
I would treat this as a credible, urgent safety signal, not as a finding that can wait six months for a completed regulatory submission. The estimate—liver failure in roughly 1 in 8,000 patients over five years—needs validation, but the outcome is severe and the current warning omits it.
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Qwen3 Max Thinking1,236 words
CEO Action Plan: Ethical Imperative, Legal Necessity, Strategic Execution Guided by core values: “Patient safety is non-negotiable. Integrity is our brand. Transparency is our shield.” PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION (Before Hour 0) Why act IMMEDIATELY?
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Startup Pitch Teardown

Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration.…

GPT-6 Sol Pro347 words
The three weakest claims are the product’s decoding performance, the market size, and the evidence offered to support the proposed valuation. Claim Why it’s weak How to strengthen it “Our EEG headband decodes neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy. Works with any language, any device.”
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Qwen3 Max Thinking709 words
Three Weakest Claims in the MindMeld AI Pitch Deck Below are the three statements most likely to erode investor, technical, or regulatory credibility—paired with precise critiques and actionable improvements. Vision Slide: "“MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it.”
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Advanced Investment Memo (IC Memo)

You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B…

GPT-6 Sol Pro974 words
LedgerLift (LLLT) — Investment Committee Memo Recommendation: Short 12-month price target: $30–$44 Thesis. LedgerLift has attractive subscription economics, but at $46 the stock prices in substantially more durable cash flow than the supplied operating assumptions produce: base-case DCF value is about $28 per share…
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Qwen3 Max Thinking732 words
INTERNAL MEMORANDUM TO: Investment Committee FROM: Equity Research Analyst DATE: June 14, 2024 RE: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Spend Management SaaS – Valuation & Recommendation Recommendation & Thesis Recommendation: PASS 12-Month Price Target Range: $44–$48 Thesis: LedgerLift’s best-in-class unit economics (NRR 123%, logo…
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

GPT-6 Sol Pro1,277 words
The central problem is that this design treats concurrent edits as independent database writes, then tries to reconcile them with client timestamps. That can lose valid edits even when every component is working.
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Qwen3 Max Thinking769 words
Critical Flaws in Proposed Architecture & Targeted Solutions 🔒 Security & Authentication Issue Impact Solution Trade-offs JWT Stored in localStorage Critical XSS vulnerability (token exposure via JS). Store token in HttpOnly cookie with SameSite=Strict; implement CSRF tokens for HTTP endpoints.
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Michelin Star Recipe Design

Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual…

GPT-6 Sol Pro913 words
Scallop, Green Strawberry & White Chocolate Seared scallops with charred kohlrabi, compressed green strawberry, white-chocolate–miso beurre blanc, kombu oil and buckwheat lace The unusual pairing is scallop and white chocolate.
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Qwen3 Max Thinking991 words
🌊 ARCTIC DAWN 🌊 A Michelin 3-Star Composition by Chef Élise Valère "Where the ice remembers the sea." 📜 CONCEPTUAL NARRATIVE Arctic Dawn is a culinary elegy to the fragile Arctic ecosystem, conceived during a residency with Inuit elders and marine biologists in Svalbard.
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Our Verdict
GPT-6 Sol Pro
GPT-6 Sol Pro
Qwen3 Max Thinking
Qwen3 Max Thinking

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Sol Pro
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
1.7× cheaper
Output
$6.00
1.7× cheaper

Qwen3 Max Thinking is cheaper on both: 1.7× input, 1.7× output.

Where to run it

3 hosts

GPT-6 Sol Pro2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·99.9% upOpenAI$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·100% up
Qwen3 Max Thinking1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.78 in·$3.90 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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GPT-6 Sol Pro is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3 Max Thinking is developed by Qwen. GPT-6 Sol Pro has a 1.1M token context window vs Qwen3 Max Thinking's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 20 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GPT-6 Sol Pro and Qwen3 Max Thinking each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 20 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GPT-6 Sol Pro costs $2/M input tokens and Qwen3 Max Thinking costs $1.2/M input tokens. Qwen3 Max Thinking is $0.80/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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