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Updated Sep 2026

GPT-6 SolvsQwen3 Max

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

GPT-6 Sol and Qwen3 Max compared across 20 shared prompts
SpecGPT-6 SolQwen3 Max
Input price$2/M tokens$1.2/M tokens
Output price$10/M tokens$6/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens256K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Sep 2025
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 Sol90 words
Smoky Sunset Chickpeas Prep: 5 minutes · Cook: 15 minutes · Serves: 2 Ingredients 1 can chickpeas, drained 1 can diced tomatoes 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon dried oregano ½ teaspoon smoked paprika ½ teaspoon salt Instructions Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
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Qwen3 Max219 words
Dish Name: Midnight Magic Mug Cake (A rich, chocolatey single-serving cake you whip up in minutes — perfect for late-night cravings or quick sweet fixes!) Ingredients (7 Pantry Staples): All-purpose flour – 4 tbsp Sugar – 3 tbsp Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp Baking powder – ¼ tsp Salt – pinch Milk – 3 tbsp (dairy or…
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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 Sol937 words
Tidal Orchard Seared scallops · strawberry–kombu gel · white-miso and white-chocolate beurre blanc · sea-lettuce oil · buckwheat lace The unexpected pairing is scallop and strawberry. Both have a gentle sweetness, but strawberry’s acidity makes the scallop taste more distinctly of the sea.
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Qwen3 Max953 words
Dish: "Tide & Terroir" A symphony of coastal brine and alpine earth, where the ocean whispers to the mountain. Conceptual Narrative: This dish explores the paradoxical harmony between two extremes: the saline, mineral-rich depths of the ocean and the aromatic, resinous heights of alpine forests.
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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 Sol986 words
I would not wait six months or wait for the earnings call. An internal signal of liver failure in a widely used drug warrants immediate patient-protection measures and prompt contact with regulators, even while causality and the precise risk are being checked.
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Qwen3 Max713 words
Hour-by-Hour Action Plan: Prioritizing Patient Safety, Legal Compliance, and Ethical Leadership Guiding Principle: Patient safety is non-negotiable. Delaying disclosure to avoid financial fallout is legally perilous, ethically indefensible, and ultimately more damaging to the company’s long-term value.
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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 Sol245 words
Weak claim Why it’s weak How to strengthen it “Decode neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy. Works with any language, any device.” “Accuracy” has no defined unit: characters, words, or selecting from a small set of prompted phrases could produce very different results.
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Qwen3 Max632 words
Here are the three weakest claims in MindMeld AI’s pitch deck, along with explanations of why they’re problematic and concrete suggestions for improvement: 1. Weak Claim: “MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it.”
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

GPT-6 Sol617 words
Experienced software engineer Think of a language model as a service whose API accepts a sequence of tokens and returns a probability distribution over the next token. During training, it sees enormous numbers of text sequences and adjusts billions of parameters to make the tokens that actually followed more likely.
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Qwen3 Max845 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of a large language model (LLM) as a massively scaled, probabilistic autocomplete system—except instead of just your last few words, it conditions predictions on everything you’ve typed so far, using a context window that can span tens of thousands of tokens.
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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

GPT-6 Sol1,402 words
A 12-week longevity and performance plan The highest-confidence longevity strategy is not a large supplement stack. It is consistent sleep, resistance training, aerobic fitness, adequate nutrition, cardiometabolic risk management, and avoiding tobacco.
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Qwen3 Max1,138 words
The Chronos Protocol: A 3-Month Cutting-Edge Longevity & Performance Optimization Plan Core Philosophy: Synergistic integration of mitochondrial optimization, autophagy enhancement, epigenetic regulation, and systemic resilience through precise, data-driven interventions.
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Our Verdict
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol
Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max

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
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
Qwen3 Max
Input
$1.20
1.7× cheaper
Output
$6.00
1.7× cheaper

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

Where to run it

4 hosts, cheapest first

GPT-6 Sol3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·96.6% upOpenAI$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·100% upAmazon Bedrock$2.20 in·$11.00 out·1.1M·99.9% up
Qwen3 Max1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.78 in·$3.90 out·262k·99.8% up

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

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GPT-6 Sol is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3 Max is developed by Qwen. GPT-6 Sol has a 1.1M token context window vs Qwen3 Max's 256K. 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 and Qwen3 Max 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 costs $2/M input tokens and Qwen3 Max costs $1.2/M input tokens. Qwen3 Max 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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