Head to head
GPT-5.6 Solvs QW Qwen3.8 MaxFor light moderate heavy tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
GPT-5.6 Sol costs $0.0095 per solved task against
Qwen3.8 Max at $5.30 — ▼ 560x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $1.1k a month.
On output token price alone Qwen3.8 Max looks 5.0x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for GPT-5.6 Sol and Qwen3.8 Max Figure GPT-5.6 Sol Qwen3.8 Max Input $/Mtok $5 $2 Output $/Mtok $30 $6 Cached input $/Mtok $0.5 $0.25 Pass rate 100% 61% Cost per solved task $0.0095 measured $5.30 measured Cost per month $2 $1.1k
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for GPT-5.6 Sol (measured, $0.0095 per solved task), Qwen3.8 Max (measured, $5.30 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.1 $1 $10 $100 $1k $10k $100k TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks GPT-5.6 Sol · MEASURED · $0.0095 per solved task $2 GPT-5.6 Sol MEASURED Qwen3.8 Max · MEASURED · $5.30 per solved task $1.1k Qwen3.8 Max MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for GPT-5.6 Sol (measured, $0.0095 per solved task), Qwen3.8 Max (measured, $5.30 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.1 $1 $10 $100 $1k $10k $100k TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks GPT-5.6 Sol · MEASURED · $0.0095 per solved task $2 Qwen3.8 Max · MEASURED · $5.30 per solved task $1.1k — GPT-5.6 Sol · MEASURED — Qwen3.8 Max · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-21 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings