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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.1 leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 20.3.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Opus 4.1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 20.3, ranking #123 overall.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Opus 4.1 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 Opus 4.1

  • overall performance matters — it scores 29.9 and ranks #123 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results

Choose Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

  • 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 Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
29.9
#123
20.3
#195
Reasoning
29.9
#119
19.2
#201
Agents
12.9
#96
9.6
#122
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
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

2 shared
Index
Claude Opus 4.1
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Math
22.6#134
19.5#167
Writing
19.2#24
11.4#67
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

8 reported for Claude Opus 4.1 · 45 for Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

2 shared

Claude Opus 4.1 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Mon Sep 21 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 Opus 4.1 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4.1 specifies output context (32,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
Input200,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Opus 4.1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.1 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 Opus 4.1

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.1 was released on 2025-08-05, while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is 2 months newer than Claude Opus 4.1.

Claude Opus 4.1

Aug 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Sep 22, 2025

12 months ago

1mo 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 Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Opus 4.1
✓ Preferred
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude Opus 4.1 leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 20.3. Claude Opus 4.1 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 Opus 4.1 compare to Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 4.1 scores MMMLU: 89.5%, TAU-bench Retail: 82.4%, GPQA: 80.9%, AIME 2025: 78.0%, MMMU (validation): 77.1%. 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 Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude Opus 4.1 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 Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (29.9 vs 20.3), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude Opus 4.1 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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