QwQ 32B Preview is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 17 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the two areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
QwQ 32B Preview costs 91% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where QwQ 32B Preview pulls ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+4.2points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+4.2points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+3.3points ahead
Where Claude 3.5 Sonnet pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 17 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwQ 32B Preview
- SciCodeQwQ 32B Preview by 4.231.635.8+4.2
- LiveCodeBench v6QwQ 32B Preview by 1.937.239.1+1.9
ReasoningQwQ 32B Preview
- Humanity's Last ExamQwQ 32B Preview by 4.23.27.3+4.2
- GPQA DiamondQwQ 32B Preview by 3.35659.3+3.3
Other results13 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- Codeforces (Rating)QwQ 32B Preview by 599 rating points7171316+599 rating
- AIME 2024QwQ 32B Preview by 341650+34
- AIME 2025QwQ 32B Preview by 303.333.3+30
- MMLU-ProClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 25.677.652+25.6
- Aider-PolyglotClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 24.445.320.9+24.4
- LiveCodeBenchQwQ 32B Preview by 17.232.850+17.2
- DROP (3-shot F1)Claude 3.5 Sonnet by 17.188.371.2+17.1
- HMMT Feb. 2025QwQ 32B Preview by 16.61.718.3+16.6
- MATH-500 (EM)QwQ 32B Preview by 12.378.390.6+12.3
- MATH500 (Pass@1)QwQ 32B Preview by 12.378.390.6+12.3
- SuperGPQAClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 4.648.243.6+4.6
- IFEvalClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 2.686.583.9+2.6
- AA IntelligenceQwQ 32B Preview by 2.37.29.5+2.3
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or QwQ 32B Preview?
QwQ 32B Preview wins all two areas where both have results: coding and reasoning. Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins none.
Which is better for coding?
QwQ 32B Preview. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens; QwQ 32B Preview costs $0.66 and $1.00. That makes QwQ 32B Preview about 91% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 17 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 4 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 13 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.