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Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Gemini 1.5 Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched at 12.0 and 7.7 on the LLM Stats Score.

Google · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 1.5 Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 12.0 and 7.7.

In the 7 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Gemini 1.5 Pro wins 5; 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 Gemini 1.5 Pro

  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 7 exact shared results

Choose Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2024
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 1.5 Pro
Google
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
12.0
#258
7.7
#287
Reasoning
11.8
#253
7.2
#286
Coding
4.4
#211
9.4
#175
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
5 of 7
2 of 7
Input price
$2.50 / M
— / M
Output price
$10.00 / M
— / M
Context window
2,097,152
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Math
16.9#200
16.4#206
Finance
16.8#109
9.3#151
Legal
16.8#94
9.1#134
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

23 reported for Gemini 1.5 Pro · 18 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

7 shared

Gemini 1.5 Pro outperforms in 5 benchmarks (GPQA, HellaSwag, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (GSM8k, HumanEval).

Gemini 1.5 Pro shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 1.5 Pro specifies input context (2,097,152 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Pro specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Input2,097,152 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 1.5 Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does not.

Gemini 1.5 Pro can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Pro is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Pro was released on 2024-05-01, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is 5 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Pro.

Gemini 1.5 Pro

May 1, 2024

2.4 years ago

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

2.0 years ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Pro has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Pro's training data extends to 2023-11-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 32B Instruct's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Nov 2023

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 1.5 Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 1.5 Pro
✓ Preferred
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Gemini 1.5 Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 12.0 and 7.7. Gemini 1.5 Pro is made by Google and Qwen2.5 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 Gemini 1.5 Pro compare to Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 1.5 Pro scores XSTest: 98.8%, FLEURS: 93.3%, HellaSwag: 93.3%, GSM8k: 90.8%, BIG-Bench Hard: 89.2%. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 1.5 Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Gemini 1.5 Pro supports 2.1M tokens and Qwen2.5 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 Gemini 1.5 Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (12.0 vs 7.7), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 1.5 Pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Gemini 1.5 Pro is developed by Google and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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