Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)Qwen3.6-27BVSOpenAIGPT-5.4
Our Take
We recommend GPT-5.4 if you need peak intelligence and a much larger context window for full-repo analysis, or the free Qwen3.6-27B if you want zero API costs and total offline privacy. While GPT-5.4 offers superior reasoning capability, Qwen3.6-27B runs entirely on your own local hardware. Choose GPT-5.4 for repository-scale analysis, or Qwen3.6-27B for zero-cost offline privacy and complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning.
▶WHY?
Benchmark Calculations & Evidence:
Reasoning Accuracy: Both models were evaluated on the GPQA Diamond benchmark. GPT-5.4 scored 92.8%, while Qwen3.6-27B scored 87.8% (+5.0% gap).
Coding Performance: Both models were evaluated on the SWE-bench Pro benchmark. GPT-5.4 scored 57.7%, while Qwen3.6-27B scored 53.5% (+4.2% gap).
Context Window: GPT-5.4 supports a 1M context window, while Qwen3.6-27B supports 262k.
Hosting Model: Qwen3.6-27B runs locally for $0 API costs, while GPT-5.4 is a cloud API.
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Benchmarks & Scores
Coding (swe-bench-pro)
53.5%complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
87.8%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Context
Cost (per 1M tokens)
Self HostLocal execution (zero API fees)Context Window
262.14k tokensBenchmarks & Scores
Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+4.2%)
57.7%complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+5.0%)
92.8%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Context
Cost (per 1M tokens)
$5.63Input: $2.50 | Output: $15.00Context WindowLarger
1.05M tokensFrequently Asked Questions about Qwen3.6-27B vs GPT-5.4
GPT-5.4 is better for coding tasks on this benchmark. It scores 57.7% on swe-bench-pro (complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning) compared to Qwen3.6-27B which scores 53.5%.
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