Compare/Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs gpt-oss-20B (high)

Qwen3.6 Max Previewvsgpt-oss-20B (high)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Input
$1.3/M
Output
$7.8/M
Speed
47 tok/s
TTFT
1.96s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-20B (high)

Input
$0.07/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
263 tok/s
TTFT
0.34s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Lower Latency
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Benchmarks (7-4)
Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3.6 Max Previewgpt-oss-20B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$1.3$0.07
Output ($/M tokens)$7.8$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3.6 Max Preview$2.08
gpt-oss-20B (high)$0.09

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
47 tok/s
gpt-oss-20B (high)
263 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
1.96s
gpt-oss-20B (high)
0.34s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
51.824.5
Coding Index
44.918.5
Math Index
89.3
GPQA Diamond
88.8%68.8%
MMLU-Pro
74.8%
LiveCodeBench
77.7%
AIME 2025
89.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
28.9%9.8%
SciCode
46.9%34.4%
IFBench
76.6%65.1%
TerminalBench
43.9%10.6%
Qwen3.6 Max Preview7 wins
4 winsgpt-oss-20B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Max Preview or gpt-oss-20B (high)?

gpt-oss-20B (high) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.10/M tokens vs $2.92/M for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 for gpt-oss-20B (high). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-20B (high) generates tokens faster at 263 tok/s vs 47 tok/s. However, gpt-oss-20B (high) has lower time-to-first-token (0.34s vs 1.96s).

When should I use Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs gpt-oss-20B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: gpt-oss-20B (high) for lower cost, Qwen3.6 Max Preview for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-20B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.