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Claude Mythos 5.1 vs QwQ-32B

Claude Mythos 5.1 leads the LLM Stats Score 45.1 to 14.9.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Mythos 5.1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 45.1 to 14.9, ranking #31 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Mythos 5.1

  • overall performance matters — it scores 45.1 and ranks #31 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose QwQ-32B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Mythos 5.1
Anthropic
QwQ-32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
45.1
#31
14.9
#230
Reasoning
44.4
#34
15.7
#221
Coding
37.5
#17
10.3
#162
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$10.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$50.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Individual benchmarks

1 reported for Claude Mythos 5.1 · 7 for QwQ-32B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Mythos 5.1 and QwQ-32Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Mythos 5.1 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Mythos 5.1 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Mythos 5.1
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Mythos 5.1 supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B does not.

Claude Mythos 5.1 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Mythos 5.1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QwQ-32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Mythos 5.1 is licensed under a proprietary license, while QwQ-32B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Mythos 5.1

Proprietary

Closed source

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Mythos 5.1 was released on 2026-09-01, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

Claude Mythos 5.1 is 18 months newer than QwQ-32B.

Claude Mythos 5.1

Sep 1, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.5yr newer
QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Claude Mythos 5.1's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude Mythos 5.1's cutoff date.

Claude Mythos 5.1

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QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Mythos 5.1 and QwQ-32B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Mythos 5.1
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Mythos 5.1 vs QwQ-32B.

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5.1 or QwQ-32B?

Claude Mythos 5.1 leads the LLM Stats Score 45.1 to 14.9. Claude Mythos 5.1 is made by Anthropic and QwQ-32B 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 Mythos 5.1 compare to QwQ-32B in benchmarks?

Claude Mythos 5.1 scores Terminal-Bench 4.0: 60.9%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Mythos 5.1 and QwQ-32B?

Claude Mythos 5.1 supports 1.0M tokens and QwQ-32B 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 Mythos 5.1 and QwQ-32B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (45.1 vs 14.9), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Mythos 5.1 and QwQ-32B?

Claude Mythos 5.1 is developed by Anthropic and QwQ-32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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