GPT-6 Sol vs Qwen3.8 Max vs Claude Sonnet 5.5
Too close to call on our weighted score (GPT-6 Sol 67, Qwen3.8 Max 65, Claude Sonnet 5.5 65). The right pick depends on what you value most.
OpenAIGPT-6 Sol
67/100- ECI—
- Price$2.00 / $10.00
- Context1.05M
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.8 Max
65/100- ECI156.6
- Price$2.00 / $6.00
- Context1M
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5
65/100- ECI165.2
- Price$2.00 / $10.00
- Context1M
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (GPT-6 Sol 67/100, Qwen3.8 Max 65/100, Claude Sonnet 5.5 65/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-6 Sol for raw capability and Qwen3.8 Max on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because GPT-6 Sol has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityGPT-6 SolShared benchmarks: GPT-6 Sol 86.2% · Claude Sonnet 5.5 82.7% · Qwen3.8 Max 78.2%
- Lowest priceQwen3.8 MaxQwen3.8 Max $3.00 · GPT-6 Sol $4.00 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 $4.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-6 SolGPT-6 Sol 1,050,000 · Qwen3.8 Max 1,000,000 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsQwen3.8 MaxGPT-6 Sol: Text, Images, PDFs · Qwen3.8 Max: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · Claude Sonnet 5.5: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | GPT-6 Sol | Qwen3.8 Max | Claude Sonnet 5.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 50% | 86 | 78 | 83 |
| Price | 25% | 21 | 27 | 21 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 90 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 61 | 60 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 67/100 | 65/100 | 65/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-6 SolOpenAI | Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen) | Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 156.6 | 165.2 (best) |
| ECI rank | — | #20 of 148 | #3 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 94.3% | 92.7% | 95.6% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 89.8% (best) | 74.7% | 88.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 100% (best) | 99.4% | 100% (best) |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 60.7% (best) | 45.8% | 46.5% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $2.00 | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| Output | $10.00 | $6.00 (best) | $10.00 |
| Cached input | $0.20 (best) | $0.25 | $0.20 (best) |
| Blended (3:1) | $4.00 | $3.00 (best) | $4.00 |
| Long-context rate | Over 272K: $4.00 / $15.00 | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official Alibaba API | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,050,000 tokens (best) | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · medium · xhigh | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gpt-6-sol | qwen3.8-max | claude-sonnet-5-5 |
| API providers | 25 (best) | 25 (best) | 23 |
| Released | Sep 22, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 20, 2026 | — | Jun 2026 |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-6 Sol$40.00
- Qwen3.8 Max$32.00
- Claude Sonnet 5.5$40.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-6 Sol, Qwen3.8 Max or Claude Sonnet 5.5?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (GPT-6 Sol 67/100, Qwen3.8 Max 65/100, Claude Sonnet 5.5 65/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-6 Sol for raw capability and Qwen3.8 Max on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because GPT-6 Sol has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol, Qwen3.8 Max or Claude Sonnet 5.5?
Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). GPT-6 Sol costs $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $3.00 per million tokens for Qwen3.8 Max versus $4.00 for GPT-6 Sol (1.3× as much) and $4.00 for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (1.3× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified): GPT-6 Sol 86.2%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 82.7% and Qwen3.8 Max 78.2%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Sonnet 5.5 95.6%, GPT-6 Sol 94.3%, Qwen3.8 Max 92.7%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-6 Sol 89.8%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 88.8%, Qwen3.8 Max 74.7%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-6 Sol 100%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 100%, Qwen3.8 Max 99.4%; SimpleQA Verified — GPT-6 Sol 60.7%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 46.5%, Qwen3.8 Max 45.8%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-6 Sol, Qwen3.8 Max and Claude Sonnet 5.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-6 Sol leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6 Sol has the largest context window at 1,050,000 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.8 Max and 1,000,000 for Claude Sonnet 5.5. Maximum output per response: GPT-6 Sol up to 128,000, Qwen3.8 Max up to 131,072, Claude Sonnet 5.5 up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-6 Sol accepts text, images and PDFs; Qwen3.8 Max accepts text, images, PDFs and video; Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Qwen3.8 Max handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. GPT-6 Sol, Qwen3.8 Max and Claude Sonnet 5.5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the newest, released Sep 28, 2026. GPT-6 Sol came out Sep 22, 2026; Qwen3.8 Max came out Aug 3, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-6 Sol Apr 20, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Jun 2026.
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.
