Model Comparison 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen3.7 Plus

GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI · Frontier · Proprietary
$13/1M · 1.1M ctx
Qwen3.7 Plus
Alibaba (Qwen) · Balanced · Proprietary
$0.61/1M · 1M ctx

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Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for $
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results — fewer refusals, loops, and format breaks

Specs & Pricing, Side by Side

Spec
Sol
Qwen3.7 Plus
Maker
OpenAI
Alibaba (Qwen)
Blended price / 1M
$13
$0.61
Input / output
$5.00 in · $30 out / 1M tokens
$0.32 in · $1.28 out / 1M tokens
Context window
1.1M
1M
Open weights
No
No
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes
Output Quality
9.7
8.4
Agentic Ability
9.6
8.3
Speed
7.4
8.4
Value for $
7.8
9.1
Reliability
9.3
8.7

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Sol or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Updated 2026-07-17

Choose GPT-5.6 Sol if you want hard coding and research tasks for teams in the OpenAI ecosystem. Choose Qwen3.7 Plus if you want high-volume agent work that needs long context cheaply.

In our editorial scoring, GPT-5.6 Sol leads in 3 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability and reliability), while Qwen3.7 Plus leads in 2. On price, GPT-5.6 Sol runs about $13 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; Qwen3.7 Plus is about $0.61 and proprietary.

Where Sol falls short
  • Very new — real-world agent track record still forming
  • Slower and pricier than Terra for routine work
Full Sol breakdown →
Where Qwen3.7 Plus falls short
  • Below Max on hard tasks
  • Hosted, not open weights
Full Qwen3.7 Plus breakdown →

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