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Qwen3.6 Plus vs GPT-5.1-Codex
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Winner summary
Qwen3.6 Plus wins on 6/8 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Plus wins 6 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · math.
Category leads
coding·Qwen3.6 Plusreasoning·Qwen3.6 Pluslanguage·GPT-5.1-Codexmath·Qwen3.6 Plusknowledge·Qwen3.6 Plus
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.6 Plus
#12 by perf·no signal
GPT-5.1-Codex
#21 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.6 Plus
5.1x better value than GPT-5.1-Codex
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.3 pts/$
$1.14/M
GPT-5.1-Codex
12.2 pts/$
$5.63/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3.6 PlusGPT-5.1-Codex
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +1.7
Qwen3.6 Plus
55.0
GPT-5.1-Codex
53.3
LiveBench · Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +6.4
Qwen3.6 Plus
78.2
GPT-5.1-Codex
71.8
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +9.2
Qwen3.6 Plus
69.9
GPT-5.1-Codex
60.8
LiveBench · If
GPT-5.1-Codex leads by +5.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
58.3
GPT-5.1-Codex
63.4
LiveBench · Language
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +5.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.0
GPT-5.1-Codex
69.5
LiveBench · Mathematics
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +4.1
Qwen3.6 Plus
83.7
GPT-5.1-Codex
79.6
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +2.2
Qwen3.6 Plus
70.8
GPT-5.1-Codex
68.6
LiveBench · Reasoning
GPT-5.1-Codex leads by +6.2
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.8
GPT-5.1-Codex
82.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | GPT-5.1-Codex |
|---|---|---|
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 55.0 | 53.3 |
LiveBench · Coding | 78.2 | 71.8 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 69.9 | 60.8 |
LiveBench · If | 58.3 | 63.4 |
LiveBench · Language | 75.0 | 69.5 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 83.7 | 79.6 |
LiveBench · Overall | 70.8 | 68.6 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 75.8 | 82.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 Plus | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $7.31 |
| GPT-5.1-Codex | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $34.38 |