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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Qwen3.7 Max

Too close to call on our weighted score (Qwen3.7 Max 58, GPT-5.2 Pro 56). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. OpenAI

    GPT-5.2 Pro

    Released Dec 11, 2025

    56/100
    • ECI155.4
    • Price$21.00 / $168.00
    • Context400K
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  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Max

    Released May 21, 2026

    58/100
    • ECI153.7
    • Price$2.50 / $7.50
    • Context1M
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01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Qwen3.7 Max 58/100, GPT-5.2 Pro 56/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-5.2 Pro for raw capability, Qwen3.7 Max on price and Qwen3.7 Max for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityGPT-5.2 ProCapabilities Index (ECI): GPT-5.2 Pro 155.4 · Qwen3.7 Max 153.7
  • Lowest priceQwen3.7 MaxQwen3.7 Max $3.75 · GPT-5.2 Pro $57.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3.7 MaxQwen3.7 Max 1,000,000 · GPT-5.2 Pro 400,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsGPT-5.2 ProGPT-5.2 Pro: Text, Images · Qwen3.7 Max: Text
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGPT-5.2 ProQwen3.7 Max
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%8583
Price25%023
Inputs & features15%6035
Context window10%4460
Overall100%56/10058/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Qwen3.7 Max specifications side by side
SpecificationGPT-5.2 ProOpenAIQwen3.7 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)155.4 (best)153.7
ECI rank#25 of 148 (best)#37 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—90.9%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics74.0% (best)64.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—95.6%
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—77.3%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—55.8%
Price per million tokens
Input$21.00$2.50 (best)
Output$168.00$7.50 (best)
Cached input—$0.50
Blended (3:1)$57.75$3.75 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial OpenAI APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window400,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens (best)
Max output128,000 tokens (best)65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesmedium · high · xhighYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDgpt-5.2-proqwen3.7-max
API providers826 (best)
ReleasedDec 11, 2025May 21, 2026
Knowledge cutoffAug 31, 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • GPT-5.2 Pro$546.00
  • Qwen3.7 Max$40.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GPT-5.2 Pro or Qwen3.7 Max?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Qwen3.7 Max 58/100, GPT-5.2 Pro 56/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-5.2 Pro for raw capability, Qwen3.7 Max on price and Qwen3.7 Max for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper at $2.50 input / $7.50 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). GPT-5.2 Pro costs $21.00 input / $168.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $3.75 per million tokens for Qwen3.7 Max versus $57.75 for GPT-5.2 Pro (15× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): GPT-5.2 Pro 155.4 (#25 of 148) and Qwen3.7 Max 153.7 (#37 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (153.0–158.2 vs 151.9–156.0), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-5.2 Pro 74.0%, Qwen3.7 Max 64.6%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-5.2 Pro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-5.2 Pro leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 400,000 for GPT-5.2 Pro. Maximum output per response: GPT-5.2 Pro up to 128,000, Qwen3.7 Max up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GPT-5.2 Pro accepts text and images; Qwen3.7 Max accepts text. GPT-5.2 Pro handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. GPT-5.2 Pro and Qwen3.7 Max are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Qwen3.7 Max is the newest, released May 21, 2026. GPT-5.2 Pro came out Dec 11, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5.2 Pro Aug 31, 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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