GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen3.7 Plus: price, scores, context

Side-by-side comparison

Criterion	GPT-5.4 nano	Qwen3.7 Plus
Developer	OpenAI	Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)
Released	March 17, 2026	June 2, 2026
Capability index	71.7 / 100	56.2 / 100
Input price	$0.20	$0.40
Output price	$1.25	$1.6
Cost of a typical task	$0.007	$0.011
Context window	400,000 tokens	1,000,000 tokens
Maximum output	128,000 tokens	50,000 tokens
Reasoning mode	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Accepted inputs	text, image	text, image, video
Open weights	No	No
Knowledge cutoff	August 31, 2025	April 2025

The match-up at a glance

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3.7 Plus are two budget models, built for high volumes at a low price, one from OpenAI, the other from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen). GPT-5.4 nano was released on March 17, 2026, Qwen3.7 Plus on June 2, 2026.

All figures below come from public sources checked on October 22, 2026: models.dev and OpenRouter for prices and capabilities, Epoch AI for scores.

Which one is more capable?

On our capability index, GPT-5.4 nano scores 71.7 out of 100 and Qwen3.7 Plus 56.2. GPT-5.4 nano leads by 15.5 points.

On the 3 benchmarks reported for both, GPT-5.4 nano wins 1 time and Qwen3.7 Plus 2:

GPQA Diamond (PhD-level science questions): GPT-5.4 nano 78.5%, Qwen3.7 Plus 87.9%
OTIS Mock AIME (competition mathematics problems): GPT-5.4 nano 87.8%, Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%
FrontierMath (very hard research-level mathematics): GPT-5.4 nano 44.9%, Qwen3.7 Plus 34.4%

Pricing

GPT-5.4 nano costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.40 and $1.6.

For a typical agent task (read 20,000 tokens, write 2,000), expect $0.007 with GPT-5.4 nano versus $0.011 with Qwen3.7 Plus. GPT-5.4 nano is 1.7 times cheaper, a gap that adds up quickly over 1,000 tasks: $4.7 difference.

Run the numbers with your own volumes in the agent cost calculator.

Under the hood

Qwen3.7 Plus reads more in one go: 1,000,000 tokens of context (roughly 1,500 pages), versus 400,000 for GPT-5.4 nano.

Reasoning mode: GPT-5.4 nano yes, Qwen3.7 Plus yes. Tool calling: GPT-5.4 nano yes, Qwen3.7 Plus yes. Image input: GPT-5.4 nano yes, Qwen3.7 Plus yes.

Neither publishes its weights: both are used through an API.

Knowledge cutoff: August 31, 2025 for GPT-5.4 nano, April 2025 for Qwen3.7 Plus.

In short

Our reading of the data:

Choose GPT-5.4 nano for a higher capability index and a lower cost.
Choose Qwen3.7 Plus for a larger context window and a more recent release.

This verdict relies on public figures; it does not replace a trial on your own tasks.

Frequently asked questions

GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3.7 Plus: which is better?

On our index (Epoch AI data), GPT-5.4 nano scores 71.7 and Qwen3.7 Plus 56.2 out of 100. The best choice also depends on price and on your use case.

Which one is cheaper?

GPT-5.4 nano. To read 20,000 tokens and write 2,000, expect $0.007 with GPT-5.4 nano and $0.011 with Qwen3.7 Plus (prices as of October 22, 2026).

Which one has the larger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus, with 1,000,000 tokens versus 400,000.

Can I run GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3.7 Plus on my own servers?

No: both are closed models, available through an API.

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