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Gemini 4 Carbon vs QwQ-32B-Preview

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 8.4.

Google · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 8.4, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose QwQ-32B-Preview

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
QwQ-32B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
8.4
#308
Reasoning
54.9
#5
8.7
#300
Coding
48.1
#3
4.3
#238
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
—
32,768

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 4 for QwQ-32B-Preview

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and QwQ-32B-Previewdon'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 QwQ-32B-Preview specifies input context (32,768 tokens). Only QwQ-32B-Preview specifies output context (32,768 tokens).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Sat Oct 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 4 Carbon supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B-Preview does not.

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

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QwQ-32B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon is licensed under a proprietary license, while QwQ-32B-Preview uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

QwQ-32B-Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while QwQ-32B-Preview was released on 2024-11-28.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 23 months newer than QwQ-32B-Preview.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

3 days ago

1.9yr newer
QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 28, 2024

1.9 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B-Preview has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Gemini 4 Carbon's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B-Preview's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemini 4 Carbon's cutoff date.

Gemini 4 Carbon

—

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and QwQ-32B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
QwQ-32B-Preview
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs QwQ-32B-Preview.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or QwQ-32B-Preview?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 8.4. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google and QwQ-32B-Preview 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 4 Carbon compare to QwQ-32B-Preview in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. QwQ-32B-Preview scores MATH-500: 90.6%, GPQA: 65.2%, AIME 2024: 50.0%, LiveCodeBench: 50.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 4 Carbon and QwQ-32B-Preview?

Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens and QwQ-32B-Preview supports 33K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 4 Carbon and QwQ-32B-Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs 8.4), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and QwQ-32B-Preview?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and QwQ-32B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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