GPT-6 Astra vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Wins 5 of 8 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Math · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 8 areas
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GPT-6 Astra is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3.8 Max Preview is cheaper.
Both rank among the ten best models we track in agents.
Scores updated · 34 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40GPT-6 Astra4 of 4 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math30GPT-6 Astra3 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software31GPT-6 Astra3 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21GPT-6 Astra2 of 3 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10GPT-6 Astra1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own22Even2 each
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video11Even1 each
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts00Even0 each · 1 tie
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3.8 Max Preview costs 87% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where GPT-6 Astra pulls ahead
- Extremely hard research-level math problemsFrontierMath Tier 4+51.3points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+30.9points ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+28.3points ahead
Where Qwen3.8 Max Preview pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+22.5points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues, working as an agentLiveBench · Agentic Coding+7.4points ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+6.4points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 34 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGPT-6 Astra
- LMArena · WebDevGPT-6 Astra by 102 rating points17751673+102 rating
- LiveBench · CodingGPT-6 Astra by 7.580.472.9+7.5
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingQwen3.8 Max Preview by 7.457.364.7+7.4
- SciCodeGPT-6 Astra by 4.456.552.1+4.4
- Terminal-Bench 2.1tie88.488.8tie
AgentsEven
- Terminal-Bench 4.0GPT-6 Astra by 20.259.138.9+20.2
- AA IT-Bench SREGPT-6 Astra by 8.348.640.3+8.3
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingQwen3.8 Max Preview by 6.441.447.8+6.4
- GDPValQwen3.8 Max Preview by 4.753.658.3+4.7
ReasoningGPT-6 Astra
- CritPtGPT-6 Astra by 1431.717.7+14
- Humanity's Last ExamGPT-6 Astra by 11.654.743.1+11.6
- LiveBench · ReasoningGPT-6 Astra by 4.592.788.2+4.5
- GPQA DiamondGPT-6 Astra by 3.396.192.8+3.3
FactsGPT-6 Astra
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGPT-6 Astra by 30.962.631.7+30.9
- SimpleQA VerifiedGPT-6 Astra by 28.375.647.3+28.3
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.8 Max Preview by 22.548.771.2+22.5
Images and chartsEven
- MMMU-ProGPT-6 Astra by 4.186.982.8+4.1
- LMArena · VisionQwen3.8 Max Preview by 33 rating points12801313+33 rating
MathGPT-6 Astra
- FrontierMath Tier 4GPT-6 Astra by 51.397.646.3+51.3
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)GPT-6 Astra by 1993.774.7+19
- LiveBench · MathematicsGPT-6 Astra by 5.596.891.3+5.5
Following instructionsGPT-6 Astra
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingGPT-6 Astra by 1.575.674.1+1.5
Other results11 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceGPT-6 Astra by 31.443.412+31.4
- DeepSWE 1.1GPT-6 Astra by 17.574.156.6+17.5
- livebench_languageGPT-6 Astra by 9.789.479.7+9.7
- ScreenSpot-Pro (No tools)GPT-6 Astra by 8.292.784.5+8.2
- AA IntelligenceGPT-6 Astra by 7.352.745.4+7.3
- Agents' Last ExamGPT-6 Astra by 6.959.352.4+6.9
- LVBenchGPT-6 Astra by 5.787.581.8+5.7
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGPT-6 Astra by 5.176.971.8+5.1
- livebench_data_analysisGPT-6 Astra by 4.68378.4+4.6
- AA Agentic IndexGPT-6 Astra by 1.951.549.6+1.9
- HLE (with tools)GPT-6 Astra by 157.256.2+1
Questions people ask
Which is better, GPT-6 Astra or Qwen3.8 Max Preview?
GPT-6 Astra wins five of the eight areas we test: coding, reasoning, facts, math and following instructions. Qwen3.8 Max Preview wins none, but costs 87% less. They are level on agents, images and charts and long documents.
Which is better for coding?
GPT-6 Astra. It wins 3 of the 5 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.8 Max Preview wins 1, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview costs $2.00 and $6.00. That makes Qwen3.8 Max Preview about 87% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 34 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 23 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 11 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.