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Ling 3.1 Flash vs QwQ-32B-Preview

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.1 to 9.0.

InclusionAI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.1 to 9.0, ranking #14 overall.

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

Choose Ling 3.1 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.1 and ranks #14 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose QwQ-32B-Preview

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ling 3.1 Flash
InclusionAI
QwQ-32B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.1
#14
9.0
#286
Reasoning
47.7
#25
9.3
#276
Coding
39.2
#17
4.4
#220
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
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32,768

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ling 3.1 Flash · 4 for QwQ-32B-Preview

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.1 Flash 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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

527.5B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 527.5B more parameters than QwQ-32B-Preview, making it 1623.1% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
32.5Bparameters
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash
32.5B
QwQ-32B-Preview

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).

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Wed Oct 07 2026 • llm-stats.com

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30, while QwQ-32B-Preview was released on 2024-11-28.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 22 months newer than QwQ-32B-Preview.

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.8yr 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 Ling 3.1 Flash'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 Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date.

Ling 3.1 Flash

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QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ling 3.1 Flash and QwQ-32B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ling 3.1 Flash
✓ Preferred
QwQ-32B-Preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.1 Flash vs QwQ-32B-Preview.

Which is better, Ling 3.1 Flash or QwQ-32B-Preview?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.1 to 9.0. Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI 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 Ling 3.1 Flash compare to QwQ-32B-Preview in benchmarks?

Ling 3.1 Flash scores CyberGym: 87.9%, DRACO: 85.5%, FrontierSWE: 75.2%, Multi-Challenge: 69.8%, SkillsBench: 68.7%. 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 Ling 3.1 Flash and QwQ-32B-Preview?

Ling 3.1 Flash 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 Ling 3.1 Flash and QwQ-32B-Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.1 vs 9.0), licensing (Unknown vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.1 Flash and QwQ-32B-Preview?

Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI and QwQ-32B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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