Model Comparison

Claude Sonnet 4 vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3 32B is 40.0x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3 32B is better at 1 benchmark (AIME 2025).

Qwen3 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3 32B costs less

For input processing, Claude Sonnet 4 ($3.00/1M tokens) is 30.0x more expensive than Qwen3 32B ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Sonnet 4 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 50.0x more expensive than Qwen3 32B ($0.30/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Sonnet 4 is more expensive than Qwen3 32B.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$15.00
Best providerAnthropic
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.30
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Sonnet 4 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3 32B's 128,000 tokens. Qwen3 32B can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Claude Sonnet 4 is limited to 64,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3 32B does not.

Claude Sonnet 4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Sonnet 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Sonnet 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3 32B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Sonnet 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3 32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while Qwen3 32B was released on 2025-04-29.

Claude Sonnet 4 is 1 month newer than Qwen3 32B.

Claude Sonnet 4

May 22, 2025

11 months ago

3w newer
Qwen3 32B

Apr 29, 2025

1.0 years ago

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

Provider Availability

Claude Sonnet 4 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Qwen3 32B is available from DeepInfra, Novita, Sambanova.

Claude Sonnet 4

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M

Qwen3 32B

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Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.30/1M
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Novita
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.44/1M
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Sambanova
Input Price:Input: $0.40/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.80/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3 32B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
Higher AIME 2025 score (72.9% vs 70.5%)
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 32B
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 4 vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Sonnet 4 is made by Anthropic and Qwen3 32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude Sonnet 4 scores MMMLU: 86.5%, TAU-bench Retail: 80.5%, GPQA: 75.4%, MMMU: 74.4%, SWE-Bench Verified: 72.7%. Qwen3 32B scores Arena Hard: 93.8%, AIME 2024: 81.4%, LiveBench: 74.9%, MultiLF: 73.0%, AIME 2025: 72.9%.
Qwen3 32B is 30.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output via anthropic. Qwen3 32B costs $0.10/M input and $0.30/M output via deepinfra.
Claude Sonnet 4 supports 200K tokens and Qwen3 32B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($3.00 vs $0.10/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Sonnet 4 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen3 32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.