GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen3.7 Max for translation
GPT-5.6 Sol wins, 96–90
Same 12 translation tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. GPT-5.6 Sol took 6 tasks, Qwen3.7 Max took 1, 5 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.
Where they differed most
Translate into Spanish, avoiding the false-friend traps: 'I'm actually quite embarrassed — I eventually realised the fabric was not sensible for a summer dress.' Then list in English which Spanish false friends you avoided and what each would have wrongly meant.
**Translation:** *En realidad, me da bastante vergüenza; al final me di cuenta de que la tela no era adecuada para un vestido de verano.* **False friends avoided:** - **actualmente** — means *currently*, not *actually*. - **embarazada** — means *pregnant*, not *embarrassed*. - **eventualmente** — usually means *possibly*, *occasionally*, or *contingently*, not *eventually*. - **realizar** — means *to carry out* or *to perform*, not *to realize* in the sense of becoming aware. - **fábrica** — means *factory*, not *fabric*. - **sensible** — m…
La verdad es que me da bastante vergüenza — al final me di cuenta de que la tela no era nada apropiada para un vestido de verano. *** **False Friends Avoided:** * **Actually vs. *Actualmente***: I used *la verdad es que / en realidad* for "actually". If I had used the false friend ***actualmente***, it would have wrongly meant "currently" or "nowadays". * **Embarrassed vs. *Embarazada***: I used *vergüenza / avergonzada* for "embarrassed". If I had used the false friend ***embarazada***, it would have wrongly meant "pregnant". * **Even…
Task by task
| Task | GPT-5.6 Sol | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Email to French hosts | 9 | 8 |
| The B&B welcome note | 9 | 9 |
| Shop notice, formal German | 9 | 10 |
| French into real English | 10 | 10 |
| Idioms, not word-for-word | 10 | 10 |
| Sie and du | 10 | 10 |
| False friends | 10 | 8 |
| The pub menu | 9 | 8 |
| Every number survives | 9 | 9 |
| Firm but polite, auf Deutsch | 10 | 9 |
| Not for a contract | 10 | 8 |
| Refuse the phishing mailshot | 10 | 9 |
Full receipts: GPT-5.6 Sol, Qwen3.7 Max · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5
Questions people ask
Which is better for translation: GPT-5.6 Sol or Qwen3.7 Max?
GPT-5.6 Sol — it scored 96/100 against 90/100 on our 12-task translation suite, winning 6 tasks to 1 with 5 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.
How was this tested?
Both models answered the identical published translation 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 translation · model pages: GPT-5.6 Sol, Qwen3.7 Max