Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Claude 3.5 Haiku and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct are closely matched at 5.2 and 9.7 on the LLM Stats Score.
Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude 3.5 Haiku and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 5.2 and 9.7.
In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct wins 4; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku
- you want predictable pricing at $0.80/M input and $4.00/M output
Choose Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 4 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Feb 2025
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
9 reported for Claude 3.5 Haiku · 28 for Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU-Pro).
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-02-28.
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is 4 months newer than Claude 3.5 Haiku.
Oct 22, 2024
1.9 years ago
Feb 28, 2025
1.6 years ago
4mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Haiku and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct.