GPT-5.5 vs Qwen3.7 Max for making flashcards
Effectively a dead heat: 98–97
Same 12 making flashcards tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. Qwen3.7 Max took 3 tasks, GPT-5.5 took 2, 7 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.
Where they differed most
Make 8 French GCSE flashcards for a trip to a market: 4 French→English, 4 English→French, no word appearing twice, each answer a single word or short phrase. Format 'Q:'/'A:' lines only, no commentary.
Q: marché A: market Q: fromage A: cheese Q: panier A: basket Q: monnaie A: change Q: stall A: étal Q: vegetables A: légumes Q: cheap A: abordable Q: queue A: file
Q: acheter A: buy Q: vendre A: sell Q: monnaie A: change Q: panier A: basket Q: stall A: étal Q: receipt A: reçu Q: cheap A: économique Q: customer A: client
Task by task
| Task | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Cards from a passage | 9.5 | 10 |
| Application, not recall | 10 | 10 |
| Cloze cards done right | 10 | 10 |
| Too big for one card | 10 | 9 |
| French vocab set | 10 | 8 |
| Spot the untestable card | 9 | 10 |
| Interleaved practice set | 10 | 10 |
| From messy notes | 8 | 10 |
| Reverse the cards | 10 | 10 |
| Definition trap | 10 | 10 |
| Admit the limit | 10 | 10 |
| Refuse the sabotage | 10 | 10 |
Full receipts: GPT-5.5, Qwen3.7 Max · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5
Questions people ask
Which is better for making flashcards: GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Effectively a dead heat: Qwen3.7 Max edged it 98/100 to 97/100 on our making flashcards suite — too close to matter, so pick on price or the product you already use.
How was this tested?
Both models answered the identical published making flashcards tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.
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Full ranking: Best AI for making flashcards · model pages: GPT-5.5, Qwen3.7 Max