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Claude 3 Opus vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 20.3 to 9.9.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 20.3 to 9.9, ranking #194 overall.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct wins 2; 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 Opus

  • you want predictable pricing at $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output

Choose Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

  • overall performance matters — it scores 20.3 and ranks #194 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
9.9
#266
20.3
#194
Reasoning
9.8
#260
19.2
#200
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 3
2 of 3
Input price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$75.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude 3 Opus
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Math
16.1#210
19.5#167
Finance
14.3#129
21.7#75
Legal
14.3#112
20.7#66
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3 Opus · 45 for Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

3 shared

Claude 3 Opus outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMLU), while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Tue Sep 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Opus specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Opus specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3 Opus and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3 Opus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Opus is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Opus

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Opus was released on 2024-02-29, while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is 19 months newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.5 years ago

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Sep 22, 2025

11 months ago

1.6yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Opus and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Opus
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Opus vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 20.3 to 9.9. Claude 3 Opus is made by Anthropic and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3 Opus compare to Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Opus scores ARC-C: 96.4%, HellaSwag: 95.4%, GSM8k: 95.0%, MGSM: 90.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 86.8%. Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.9%, ScreenSpot: 95.8%, CharXiv-D: 90.5%, MMLU-Redux: 89.8%, AI2D: 89.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Opus and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude 3 Opus supports 200K tokens and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3 Opus and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (9.9 vs 20.3), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Opus and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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