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Alibaba🇨🇳 ChinaOpen WeightsFrontier ModelReasoning CoT

Qwen QwQ 32B

Qwen QwQ 32B is a Alibaba open-weight frontier model. Latest preference Elo in this catalog is 1,495 (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). SWE-bench sits at 67.5% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). List output price is $1.2/1M. Context window is 131k tokens. Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models. Numbers below are dated snapshots, not a guarantee on your traffic mix.

At a glance

Qwen QwQ 32B is a Alibaba open-weight frontier model. Latest preference Elo in this catalog is 1,495 (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). SWE-bench sits at 67.5% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). List output price is $1.2/1M. Context window is 131k tokens. Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models. Numbers below are dated snapshots, not a guarantee on your traffic mix.
Last updated Aug 1, 2026
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Qwen 3 Max$4.8Qwen3 235B$0.88Qwen3.8 27B$0.4

Qwen QwQ 32B Thinking Depth & Cost Scaler

Simulate accuracy gains vs added response time & token cost

Mode: High (Max QwQ CoT)

Reasoning models “think before answering” by generating internal reasoning tokens. Higher effort improves math, coding, and logic accuracy, but increases response delay and token costs.

Thinking Delay
960 ms
3× delay
Reasoning Depth
~7,200
Internal tokens
Cost / 1k Calls
$9.15
17.9× standard bill
Accuracy Boost
+11.8% accuracy
STEM & SWE-bench
Capability Profile

Qwen QwQ 32B Benchmark Percentiles

Plotted against all active catalog models (50th percentile = catalog median).

Qwen QwQ 32B
Median (50)

Dimensional Scorecards

Reasoning
72%
Coding
60%
Math
75%
Speed
19%
Value
65%
Context
30%
Standout Competencies

Ranks in the top tier (≥75th percentile) for Math.

Benchmark Specifications

Dated snapshot metrics aggregated from official evaluators and API providers.

Preference Elo1,495
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Coding Elo1,520
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
LiveBench68%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
SWE-bench67.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPQA Diamond83.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token320 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed68 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output price$1.2/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Context window131k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Benchmark MetricReported ScoreObserved Source
Preference Elo1,495seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Coding Elo1,520seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
LiveBench68%seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
SWE-bench67.5%seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPQA Diamond83.2%seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token320 msseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed68 tok/sseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price$0.3/1Mseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output price$1.2/1Mseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Context window131kseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

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Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Opus 5Anthropic
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Anthropic current default flagship. Official API $5/$25 per 1M tokens and a 1M context window (Anthropic, Jul 24 2026).

Elo:Claude Opus 5+129SWE:Claude Opus 5+11.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Fable 5Anthropic
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Anthropic top-tier X-High reasoning model engineered for heavy multi-step tasks. Official API $10/$50 per 1M tokens (Claude Platform pricing, Aug 2026).

Elo:Claude Fable 5+121SWE:Claude Fable 5+12.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 flagship tier. Official API $5/$30 per 1M tokens (OpenAI pricing, Jul 30 2026 update left Sol unchanged).

Elo:GPT-5.6 Sol+113SWE:GPT-5.6 Sol+10.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Opus 4.8Anthropic
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Prior Opus generation still billed at $5/$25. Kept as a compare baseline against Opus 5.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.8+103SWE:Claude Opus 4.8+10.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGrok 4.6xAI
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xAI Aug 12 2026 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Same $2/$6 API price, 500k context, stronger agentic traces.

Elo:Grok 4.6+97SWE:Grok 4.6+1.6%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Opus 4.6Anthropic
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Follow-on Opus release. Slightly behind 4.5 on official SWE-bench bash-only in the last published sweep; stronger multi-step autonomous agent reasoning.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.6+79SWE:Claude Opus 4.6+8.4%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 3.6 ProGoogle
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Current Google Pro-class multimodal model. Long context, strong coding, billed like the 3.x Pro tier.

Elo:Gemini 3.6 Pro+75SWE:Gemini 3.6 Pro+7.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Opus 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic frontier coding and computer-use model. SWE-bench leader on the official mini-SWE-agent harness in the Feb 2026 refresh.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.5+73SWE:Claude Opus 4.5+9.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsOpenAI o3-miniOpenAI
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OpenAI cost-efficient reasoning model with adjustable thinking effort and top coding benchmark scores.

Elo:OpenAI o3-mini+65SWE:OpenAI o3-mini+11%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-5OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship reasoning model for 2025–26. Strong general preference Elo and multimodal coverage.

Elo:GPT-5+63SWE:GPT-5+0.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGLM-5.3Zhipu
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Z.ai Aug 14 2026 post-train of the GLM-5.2 744B base. Coding-plan live; open weights promised after a two-week safety review (z.ai/blog/glm-5.3).

Elo:GLM-5.3+63SWE:GLM-5.3+8.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
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Anthropic workhorse. Official $2/$10 per 1M tokens made permanent on Aug 10 2026.

Elo:Claude Sonnet 5+61SWE:Claude Sonnet 5+6.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 3 ProGoogle
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Google frontier multimodal model with a multi-million-token context window.

Elo:Gemini 3 Pro+57SWE:Gemini 3 Pro+4.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 mid tier. Official API $2/$12 per 1M after the Jul 30 2026 price cut.

Elo:GPT-5.6 Terra+53SWE:GPT-5.6 Terra+2.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-4.5 OrionOpenAI
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OpenAI largest dense non-reasoning model with expansive world knowledge and reduced hallucinations.

Elo:GPT-4.5 Orion+45SWE:GPT-4.5 Orion+3.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
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Open-weight-adjacent DeepSeek flagship. High reasoning density per dollar.

Elo:DeepSeek V4 Pro+41SWE:DeepSeek V4 Pro+4.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
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Google Aug 13 2026 workhorse. Official intro price $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through Dec 31 2026; 1,048,576-token context (Google blog).

Elo:Gemini 3.7 Flash+35SWE:Gemini 3.7 Flash+4.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsKimi K3Moonshot
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Moonshot AI frontier flagship reasoning and agent swarm model with 256k context and top-tier SWE-bench coding capability.

Elo:Kimi K3+33SWE:Kimi K3+6.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic
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Workhorse Anthropic model: most of Opus coding quality at a mid-tier price.

Elo:Claude Sonnet 4.5+29SWE:Claude Sonnet 4.5+2.6%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsQwen 3 MaxAlibaba
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Alibaba flagship. Strong math and multilingual code.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+23SWE:Qwen 3 Max+0.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsKimi K2.5 MaxMoonshot
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Moonshot flagship reasoning model with high-fidelity coding, deep thinking, and tool use across a 200k context.

Elo:Kimi K2.5 Max+20SWE:Kimi K2.5 Max+3.8%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsOpenAI o1OpenAI
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OpenAI pioneer reasoning foundation model designed for complex science, math, and multi-step reasoning.

Elo:OpenAI o1+17SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+18.6%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
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Google Jul 21 workhorse. Now shares the 3.7 Flash introductory $0.75/$3.75 rate through Dec 31 2026.

Elo:Gemini 3.6 Flash+11SWE:Gemini 3.6 Flash+3.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 3 FlashGoogle
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Fast Google frontier-adjacent model. Near-top official SWE-bench at a fraction of Opus price.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+0SWE:Gemini 3 Flash+8.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGLM-5.2Zhipu
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Zhipu flagship. Strong Chinese/English coding and agents.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+3SWE:GLM-5.2+1.8%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGoogle
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Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+5SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+0.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek
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DeepSeek Jul 31 2026 price-performance SKU. Public listings put it near $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+5SWE:DeepSeek V4 Flash+3.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Opus 4Anthropic
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First Claude 4 Opus generation. Baseline for opus 4 vs opus 5.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+5SWE:Claude Opus 4+5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGrok 4xAI
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Previous xAI flagship.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+7SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+8.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsMiniMax M2.5MiniMax
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MiniMax coding model. Tied near the top of official SWE-bench bash-only in Feb 2026.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+17SWE:MiniMax M2.5+8.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsYi-Lightning01.AI
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01.AI ultra-fast reasoning model delivering top LiveBench efficiency.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+20SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+4.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGLM-5V TurboZhipu
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Zhipu high-throughput multimodal vision model with sub-second latency and competitive coding.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+20SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+2.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsSeed 2.1 TurboByteDance
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ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo, listed on public model timelines as an Aug 10 2026 API drop.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+23SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+4.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsDoubao Pro 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance flagship enterprise model with ultra-low token cost and 128k context.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+25SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+5.4%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsLlama 4 MaverickMeta
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Meta natively multimodal open-weight flagship.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+27SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+10.4%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 fast/cheap tier. Official API $0.20/$1.20 per 1M after the Jul 30 80% Luna cut.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+29SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+5.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsKimi K2Moonshot
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Moonshot foundation model with strong native bilingual reasoning and 65.8% SWE-bench Verified coding baseline.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+30SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+1.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsMistral Large 3Mistral
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Mistral European flagship with strong function calling.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+39SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+12.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Sonnet 4Anthropic
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First Sonnet 4 generation. Bridge between 3.5/3.7 and Sonnet 5.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+40SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+4.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsErnie 4.5 TurboBaidu
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Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+45SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+10.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsQwen 2.5 PlusAlibaba
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Alibaba balanced flagship API model with high-throughput general reasoning.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+50SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+8.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsOpenAI o1-miniOpenAI
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OpenAI high-speed, cost-effective reasoning model optimized for STEM, math, and code generation.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+50SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+11.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsQwen3 235BAlibaba
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Open-weight Qwen3 mixture-of-experts.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+55SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+8.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic cheap/fast Claude SKU. Official Claude Platform list price $1/$5 per 1M tokens (Anthropic Haiku page).

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+57SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+9.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsYi-Large01.AI
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01.AI full-scale dense model for complex instruction following.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+65SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+13.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsQwen 2.5 Coder 32BAlibaba
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Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+70SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+2.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsKimi Chat 1.5Moonshot
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Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+75SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+16.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsLlama 4 ScoutMeta
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Meta open-weight Llama 4 long-context sibling of Maverick. Common public API lists sit near $0.08–$0.30 / $0.30–$0.70 per 1M; we store a conservative hosted list until OpenRouter overwrites.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+83SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+15.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-5 miniOpenAI
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Cost-efficient GPT-5 distill for high-volume agents.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+85SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+15.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGrok 3xAI
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Previous xAI generation before Grok 4. Kept for grok 3 vs grok 4.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+90SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+16.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsQwen3.8 27BAlibaba
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Alibaba open-weight 27B drop dated Aug 14 2026. Dense enough to self-host; not a frontier MoE.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+97SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+8.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsLlama 3.1 405BMeta
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Meta flagship open-weight 405B dense foundation model with 128k context window.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+125SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+9.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsDeepSeek Coder V2DeepSeek
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DeepSeek open-weight Mixture-of-Experts coding model supporting 338 programming languages and 128k context.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+130SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude 3.7 SonnetAnthropic
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Hybrid-reasoning Sonnet from 2025. Kept for historical compare pages.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+133SWE:Claude 3.7 Sonnet+2.8%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsDoubao Lite 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+135SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+21.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsDeepSeek R1DeepSeek
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Open-weights reasoning model trained with large-scale RL.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+137SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+2.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 2.5 ProGoogle
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Previous Google long-context flagship.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+145SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+3.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsCommand ACohere
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Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+151SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+24.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-4oOpenAI
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Previous OpenAI flagship. Still a common compare baseline on legacy pages.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+160SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+12.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsCodestral 25.01Mistral
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Mistral code-specialist model.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+175SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+15.7%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsDeepSeek V3DeepSeek
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Prior DeepSeek flagship. Baseline for v3 vs v4.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+185SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+18.9%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 2.5 FlashGoogle
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Previous Google speed workhorse.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+200SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+19.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsLlama 3.3 70BMeta
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Previous Meta 70B open-weight workhorse.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+210SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+22.4%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic
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2024 workhorse. Still a high-intent compare against GPT-4o.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+215SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+18.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-4o miniOpenAI
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Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+223SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+26.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGemini 1.5 ProGoogle
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First million-token Gemini Pro. Baseline for 1.5 vs 2.5 vs 3.x Pro.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+235SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+29.5%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT-4 TurboOpenAI
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GPT-4 Turbo 128k. Historical flagship for gpt-4 turbo vs gpt-4o / gpt-5.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+240SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+34.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude 3 OpusAnthropic
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Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+247SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+29.1%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsLlama 3.1 70BMeta
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Llama 3.1 70B instruct. Predecessor to 3.3 70B and Llama 4.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+255SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+27.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsClaude 3.5 HaikuAnthropic
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Previous cheap Claude. Haiku 4.5 is the current $1/$5 SKU.

Elo:Qwen QwQ 32B+271SWE:Qwen QwQ 32B+31.3%
Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT Image 2 (High)OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship diffusion-transformer image synthesis model with supreme prompt adherence, realistic textures, and complex text composition.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)OpenAI
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Fast distilled tier of GPT Image 2 designed for high-throughput interactive creative workflows at 70% lower price.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsGPT Image 1.5OpenAI
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Previous OpenAI image generation flagship. High fidelity with proven enterprise reliability.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsDALL-E 3OpenAI
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Legacy OpenAI image model benchmark baseline. Retained for historical comparisons.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsReve 2.1Reve
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State-of-the-art cinematic image synthesis foundation model known for photorealistic lighting and aesthetic composition.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google
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Google DeepMind frontier multimodal image generation flagship with Deep Research and complex multi-object spatial reasoning.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsNano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google
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Google high-speed multimodal generative model delivering top Elo performance at half the latency and cost of Pro.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsNano Banana 2 LiteGoogle
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Sub-1.5 second ultra-low latency tier for real-time applications and mobile game asset pipelines.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsFLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs
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Black Forest Labs maximum-capacity flow-matching model with photoreal anatomy and leading typography fidelity.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsFLUX.2 [flex]Black Forest Labs
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Flexible step-distilled variant of FLUX.2 offering 99% of Max quality with 45% faster generation speeds.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsFLUX.1.1 [pro]Black Forest Labs
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First-generation professional API model from Black Forest Labs, renowned for 6x faster generation than original FLUX.1 Pro.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsFLUX.1 [dev]Black Forest Labs
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Open-weights non-commercial base model with 12B parameters, serving as the foundation for the open-source fine-tuning ecosystem.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsFLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs
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Apache 2.0 4-step distilled open weights model optimized for local inference and instant preview generation.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsIdeogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram
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Industry-leading typography, graphic design, and in-image text layout model with precise kerning and complex banner generation.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsIdeogram 4.0 Open WeightsIdeogram
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Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsRecraft V4.1 Utility ProRecraft
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Specialized generative model for vector art, icon sets, illustrations, and commercial design assets with native brand color matching.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsRecraft V4.1 UtilityRecraft
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High-speed utility tier of Recraft V4.1 tailored for rapid asset production at $0.035/image.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsKrea 2 LargeKrea
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High-resolution real-time generation model tuned for artistic composition and dynamic concept art.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsKrea 2 Medium TurboKrea
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Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsQwen Image 2.0 ProAlibaba
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Alibaba multimodal image synthesis foundation model with strong bilingual Chinese/English typography and cultural asset fidelity.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsWan2.6 Text to ImageAlibaba
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Alibaba high-efficiency open video/image unified transformer backbone.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsSeedream 5.0 ProByteDance
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ByteDance flagship image generation model with high photorealism and fine facial structure rendering.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsSeedream 4.0ByteDance
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High-value ByteDance image foundation model at $30/1k images.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsMidjourney v7Midjourney
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Midjourney v7 premier creative image generation model with unparalleled stylistic nuances, coherent hands/anatomy, and cinematic grading.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsMidjourney v6.1Midjourney
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Previous standard in aesthetic digital art generation, retained as a historical compare baseline.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsMAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI
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Microsoft AI proprietary foundation image model for Copilot Studio and enterprise creative workflows.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsMAI-Image-2.5-FlashMicrosoft AI
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Cost-optimized Microsoft AI image model delivering sub-2 second responses at $20/1k images.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsHiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream
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HiDream high-definition visual generator optimized for photorealism and accurate complex lighting.

Qwen QwQ 32BvsLuma UNI 1 MaxLuma Labs
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Luma Labs universal 3D-aware image synthesis engine with spatial geometry consistency.

Frequently asked questions

Plain-English methodology and leaderboard answers

Qwen QwQ 32B is a Alibaba open-weight model. Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models.

Elo is a crowd vote on which hidden answer people liked more — not a school test. What is Elo?

Where this model ranks in Stack Engine

open-weight reasoning

Highest reasoning signal among models you can self-host or buy as open weights.

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