Comparisons

GPT-5.5 vs Qwen3.7 Max

On provider list prices, Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.25 per million input tokens against $5 for GPT-5.5: 4.0x apart. Output is $3.75 against $30 (8.0x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

GPT-5.5 Qwen3.7 Max
LabOpenAIQwen
AccessAPI onlyAPI only
Context window400K tokens1M tokens
List price, input$5 / M tokens$1.25 / M tokens
List price, output$30 / M tokens$3.75 / M tokens
Cached input$0.5 / M tokens$0.125 / M tokens
LicenseProprietary APIProprietary API
Fine-tunableNoNo

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $2,813 a month on Qwen3.7 Max and $16,500 on GPT-5.5 at list: a gap of $13,688, or 5.9x.

Qwen3.7 Max reads 1M tokens per request against 400K for GPT-5.5, 2.5x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

Qwen3.7 Max$1.25$3.75
GPT-5.5$5$30
InputOutput

Choose GPT-5.5 for

  • Complex tool-using agents
  • Code generation
  • General assistants
GPT-5.5 details

Choose Qwen3.7 Max for

  • The lower list price ($1.25 in / $3.75 out per M tokens)
  • The longer context window (1M vs 400K tokens)
Qwen3.7 Max details

Common questions

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $1.25/$3.75 per million tokens in and out against $5/$30 for GPT-5.5. Billed on Allocate: $1.34/$4.01 against $5.35/$32.10, list plus 7%.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max: 1,000,000 tokens (1M) against 400,000 (400K) for GPT-5.5.

Can I fine-tune GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.7 Max?

No. Both are closed models served over API. If you want a model you can train and own, start from an open-weights base in the catalog.

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Run the numbers on your workload

Or don’t choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.