Model Comparison

Grok-1.5 vs QwQ-32B-Preview

QwQ-32B-Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Grok-1.5 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while QwQ-32B-Preview is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

QwQ-32B-Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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xAI
Grok-1.5
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.20
Best providerDeepinfra
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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).

xAI
Grok-1.5
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-1.5 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.

Grok-1.5

Proprietary

Closed source

QwQ-32B-Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-1.5 was released on 2024-03-28, while QwQ-32B-Preview was released on 2024-11-28.

QwQ-32B-Preview is 8 months newer than Grok-1.5.

Grok-1.5

Mar 28, 2024

2.0 years ago

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 28, 2024

1.4 years ago

8mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B-Preview has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Grok-1.5'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 Grok-1.5's cutoff date.

Grok-1.5

—

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QwQ-32B-Preview

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (32,768 tokens)
Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (65.2% vs 35.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
xAI
Grok-1.5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-1.5 vs QwQ-32B-Preview

QwQ-32B-Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-1.5 is made by xAI and QwQ-32B-Preview is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Grok-1.5 scores GSM8k: 90.0%, DocVQA: 85.6%, MMLU: 81.3%, HumanEval: 74.1%, MMMU: 53.6%. QwQ-32B-Preview scores MATH-500: 90.6%, GPQA: 65.2%, AIME 2024: 50.0%, LiveCodeBench: 50.0%.
Grok-1.5 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.
Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Grok-1.5 is developed by xAI and QwQ-32B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.