Claude Haiku 4.5 vs QwQ-32B-Preview Comparison

Comparing Claude Haiku 4.5 and QwQ-32B-Preview across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Haiku 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while QwQ-32B-Preview is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Haiku 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

QwQ-32B-Preview costs less

For input processing, Claude Haiku 4.5 ($1.00/1M tokens) is 6.7x more expensive than QwQ-32B-Preview ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Haiku 4.5 ($5.00/1M tokens) is 25.0x more expensive than QwQ-32B-Preview ($0.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Haiku 4.5 is more expensive than QwQ-32B-Preview.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude Haiku 4.5

Input tokens$1.00

Output tokens$5.00

Best providerAnthropic

QwQ-32B-Preview

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$0.20

Best providerDeepinfra

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to QwQ-32B-Preview's 32,768 tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 can generate longer responses up to 64,000 tokens, while QwQ-32B-Preview is limited to 32,768 tokens.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Input200,000 tokens

Output64,000 tokens

QwQ-32B-Preview

Input32,768 tokens

Output32,768 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B-Preview does not.

Claude Haiku 4.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Text

Images

Audio

Video

QwQ-32B-Preview

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while QwQ-32B-Preview uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Haiku 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

QwQ-32B-Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released on 2025-10-15, while QwQ-32B-Preview was released on 2024-11-28.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is 11 months newer than QwQ-32B-Preview.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Oct 15, 2025

5 months ago

10mo newer

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 28, 2024

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while QwQ-32B-Preview has a cutoff of 2024-11-28.

Claude Haiku 4.5 has more recent training data (up to 2025-02-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to QwQ-32B-Preview (2024-11-28).

Claude Haiku 4.5

Feb 2025

3 mo newer

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 2024

Provider Availability

Claude Haiku 4.5 is available from Anthropic. QwQ-32B-Preview is available from DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Fireworks, Together. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.