Head to head
OpenAI: GPT-5.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Live prices, context windows, capabilities, and measured quality — updated continuously.
Side by side
| Metric | OpenAI: GPT-5.5 Openai | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/M tokens | $5.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/M tokens | $30.00 | $6.00 |
| Context window | 1.1M | 1.0M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| WM Score | 83 | 83 |
| Benchmark quality | 83.4 | 82.4 |
| Hosts serving it | 3 | 1 |
| Throughput (tok/s) | 180 | 37 |
| Latency (ms) | 785 | 1746 |
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Which should you pick?
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max costs less per million input tokens — about 2.5× cheaper than OpenAI: GPT-5.5. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 scores higher on measured quality. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 takes a larger context window, which matters for long documents or big codebases. Prices here are live list prices; the same model can cost less on a different host, so check the model page for the cheapest offering.