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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 32.1 to 9.7.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 32.1 to 9.7, ranking #113 overall.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 Sonnet 4.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 32.1 and ranks #113 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025

Choose Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
32.1
#113
9.7
#274
Reasoning
31.3
#114
8.4
#278
Coding
21.5
#93
12.4
#153
Agents
17.2
#80
-3.2
#183
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Math
25.0#116
11.5#240
Vision
10.7#122
6.3#151
Multimodal
12.6#110
9.1#124
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Claude Sonnet 4.5 · 28 for Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

2 shared

Claude Sonnet 4.5 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, OSWorld), while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Sep 23 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 Sonnet 4.5 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released on 2025-09-29, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-02-28.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is 7 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct.

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Sep 29, 2025

11 months ago

7mo newer
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Feb 28, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Sonnet 4.5's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct's cutoff date.

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Jan 2025

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Sonnet 4.5
✓ Preferred
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 32.1 to 9.7. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is made by Anthropic and Qwen2.5 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 Sonnet 4.5 compare to Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores MMMLU: 89.1%, AIME 2025: 87.0%, TAU-bench Retail: 86.2%, GPQA: 83.4%, MMMUval: 77.8%. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.8%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.3%, HumanEval: 91.5%, ScreenSpot: 88.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports 200K tokens and Qwen2.5 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 Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (32.1 vs 9.7), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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