GPT-5.5 vs Qwen 3.7-Max

OpenAI's flagship against Alibaba's proprietary flagship — published pricing, context windows and specs, side by side.

Compiled by AI Model Hub · Last updated 8 July 2026 · All figures from the two models' AI Model Hub pages (vendor release materials and independent trackers)

At a glance: GPT-5.5 lists at $5 / $30 per 1M tokens (Thinking) with a 1,000,000 tokens context window; Qwen 3.7-Max lists at $2.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens with 1,000,000 tokens of context. The full spec table, price table and each model's published benchmarks are below.

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Side-by-side specs
Price comparison
What the table says
FAQ

GPT-5.5 vs Qwen 3.7-Max: side-by-side

	GPT-5.5	Qwen 3.7-Max
Maker	OpenAI	Alibaba
Released	23 April 2026	20 May 2026 (unveiled, Apsara Summit)
Tier	Flagship	Proprietary flagship
Context window	1,000,000 tokens (400K in Codex CLI)	1,000,000 tokens
Max output	Not specified	Not specified
API price (per 1M)	$5 / $30 per 1M tokens (Thinking)	$2.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens
Access	Proprietary — ChatGPT & Codex (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise) + API	Closed-weight, proprietary (Alibaba Cloud)
Best at	Agentic coding, computer use, deep research	Long-running agent tasks with hundreds/thousands of tool calls
Standout	First full retrain since GPT-4.5 — unified multimodal (text, images, audio, video)	~1T-param MoE with ~24B active per pass; Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 56.6

Price comparison

Model	Input (per 1M)	Output (per 1M)
GPT-5.5 (Thinking)	$5.00	$30.00
GPT-5.5 Pro	$30.00	$180.00
Qwen 3.7-Max	$2.50	$7.50

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Published benchmark figures

Each figure below is the model's own published score as listed on its AI Model Hub page. Different suites (and suite versions) are not directly comparable.

Model	Benchmark	Published score
GPT-5.5	Terminal-Bench 2.0	82.7%
GPT-5.5	GDPval	84.9%
GPT-5.5	Expert-SWE	73.1%
GPT-5.5	SWE-bench Pro	58.6%
GPT-5.5	FrontierMath Tier 4	35.4%
Qwen 3.7-Max	Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index	56.6

What the table says

Pricing. GPT-5.5 lists at $5 / $30 per 1M tokens (Thinking); Qwen 3.7-Max lists at $2.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens. On these published rates, Qwen 3.7-Max's input price is 2x lower than GPT-5.5's, and Qwen 3.7-Max's output price is 4x lower than GPT-5.5's. GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 / $180 per 1M tokens.
Context. Both are in the same context class: GPT-5.5 lists 1,000,000 tokens (400K in Codex CLI) and Qwen 3.7-Max lists 1,000,000 tokens.
Access. Both are proprietary, hosted-API models; neither publishes weights for self-hosting.
Benchmarks. The two model pages report results on different benchmark suites, so the published scores are not directly comparable head-to-head; the tables below list each model's own published figures.

Key takeaway

Everything above is drawn from the two models' published rate cards and spec sheets. Which one fits depends on the workload you price it against — run your own token volumes through the pricing calculator to see the monthly difference.

Full GPT-5.5 overview Full Qwen 3.7-Max overview

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 or Qwen 3.7-Max?

Qwen 3.7-Max — it lists at $2.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens versus $5 / $30 per 1M tokens (Thinking) for GPT-5.5.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5.5 or Qwen 3.7-Max?

They are in the same class: GPT-5.5 lists 1,000,000 tokens (400K in Codex CLI) and Qwen 3.7-Max lists 1,000,000 tokens.

Which model is newer?

Qwen 3.7-Max is the more recent release (20 May 2026 (unveiled, Apsara Summit)); GPT-5.5 was released 23 April 2026.

Can I run GPT-5.5 or Qwen 3.7-Max locally?

No — both GPT-5.5 and Qwen 3.7-Max are proprietary models accessed through their vendors' APIs and apps; neither publishes weights.

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