Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Reka Flash 3 benchmark

Name: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Reka Flash 3 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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In this head-to-head showdown, Reka Flash 3 is more budget-friendly at $0.2/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Executive Verdict Summary

Reka Flash 3 holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BTop code solve rate

ReasoningGPQA / Live

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BTop logical accuracy

Best Value$/1M Tok

Reka Flash 3Lowest API billing cost

Speed / TokTok/Sec

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (1)Reka Flash 3 (2)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

1 of 3 Wins

✓Context window

Reka Flash 3

2 of 3 Wins

✓Input price✓Output price

Alibaba

Leads 1 of 3

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo 1,425In: $0.18 · Out: $0.72/1M

rekaai

Leads 2 of 3

Reka Flash 3

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (rekaai/reka-flash-3). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.1 · Out: $0.2/1M

Top Rival Showdowns for Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderReka Flash 3 Wins

Reka Flash 3

$0.19999999999999998 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (8)vsReka Flash 3 (2)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 8W (80%)Reka Flash 3: 2W (20%)

← Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BReka Flash 3 →

🏆Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BvsReka Flash 3

Preference Elo

1,425vs—

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs—

LiveBench

64.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74%vs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 5WReka Flash 3: 0W

🏆Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BvsReka Flash 3

Output speed

110 tok/svs—

Time to first token

180 msvs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WReka Flash 3: 0W

🏆Reka Flash 3 Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BvsReka Flash 3

Output price

$0.72/1Mvs$0.2/1M+$0.52/1M

Input price

$0.18/1Mvs$0.1/1M+$0.08/1M

Context window

131kvs66k+66k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 1WReka Flash 3: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BReka Flash 3

Preference Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,425

Reka Flash 3—

Coding Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,495

Reka Flash 3—

LiveBench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B64.8%

Reka Flash 3—

SWE-bench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B65.2%

Reka Flash 3—

GPQA Diamond

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B74%

Reka Flash 3—

Time to first token

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B180 ms

Reka Flash 3—

Output speed

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B110 tok/s

Reka Flash 3—

Input priceReka Flash 3 +$0.08/1M

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.18/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.1/1M

Output priceReka Flash 3 +$0.52/1M

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.72/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.2/1M

Context windowQwen 2.5 Coder 32B +66k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B131k

Reka Flash 366k

Benchmark	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Reka Flash 3	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,425 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Coding Elo	1,495 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	64.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
SWE-bench	65.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
GPQA Diamond	74% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Time to first token	180 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Output speed	110 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Input price	$0.18/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.1/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.08/1M
Output price	$0.72/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.2/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.52/1M
Context window	131k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	66k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+66k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 62% with Reka Flash 3

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$17.10 / mo

In: $6.3Out: $10.8

Reka Flash 3$6.50 / mo

In: $3.5Out: $3

Estimated Cost Delta

Reka Flash 3 is estimated to save $10.60/month ($127/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Reka Flash 3:Pick Reka Flash 3 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatReka Flash 3

Lower output list price ($0.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionReka Flash 3

Reka Flash 3 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Reka Flash 3	Lower output list price ($0.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Reka Flash 3	Reka Flash 3 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Elo 1,425

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed (tok/s)110 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.18/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.72/1M

rekaai

Reka Flash 3

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)66k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.1/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Reka Flash 3?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Reka Flash 3?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Reka Flash 3 output tokens are $0.2/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Reka Flash 3?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 66k.
Can I self-host either model?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Reka Flash 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BReka Flash 3

Preference Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,425

Reka Flash 3—

Coding Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,495

Reka Flash 3—

LiveBench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B64.8%

Reka Flash 3—

SWE-bench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B65.2%

Reka Flash 3—

GPQA Diamond

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B74%

Reka Flash 3—

Time to first token

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B180 ms

Reka Flash 3—

Output speed

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B110 tok/s

Reka Flash 3—

Input priceReka Flash 3 +$0.08/1M

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.18/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.1/1M

Output priceReka Flash 3 +$0.52/1M

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.72/1M

Reka Flash 3$0.2/1M

Context windowQwen 2.5 Coder 32B +66k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B131k

Reka Flash 366k

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Reka Flash 3

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,425

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Coding Elo

1,495

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

LiveBench

64.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

SWE-bench

65.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

GPQA Diamond

74%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Time to first token

180 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Output speed

110 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Input price

$0.18/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.08/1M

Output price

$0.72/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.2/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.52/1M

Context window

131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

66k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+66k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatReka Flash 3

Lower output list price ($0.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionReka Flash 3

Reka Flash 3 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Reka Flash 3	Lower output list price ($0.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Reka Flash 3	Reka Flash 3 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Reka Flash 3?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Reka Flash 3?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Reka Flash 3 output tokens are $0.2/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Reka Flash 3?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 66k.

Can I self-host either model?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Reka Flash 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.