Magistral Medium vs QwQ-32B-Preview
Magistral Medium significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Magistral Medium outperforms in 3 benchmarks (AIME 2024, GPQA, LiveCodeBench), while QwQ-32B-Preview is better at 0 benchmarks. Magistral Medium significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Magistral Medium
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 3 shared benchmarks
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2025
Choose QwQ-32B-Preview
- you want predictable pricing at $0.15/M input and $0.20/M output
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Magistral Medium outperforms in 3 benchmarks (AIME 2024, GPQA, LiveCodeBench), while QwQ-32B-Preview is better at 0 benchmarks.
Magistral Medium significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Playground indexes and blind preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
QwQ-32B-Preview has 8.5B more parameters than Magistral Medium, making it 35.4% larger.
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).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Magistral Medium supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B-Preview does not.
Magistral Medium can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Magistral Medium
QwQ-32B-Preview
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.
Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Magistral Medium was released on 2025-06-10, while QwQ-32B-Preview was released on 2024-11-28.
Magistral Medium is 6 months newer than QwQ-32B-Preview.
Jun 10, 2025
1.2 years ago
6mo newerNov 28, 2024
1.7 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Magistral Medium has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-06-01, while QwQ-32B-Preview has a cutoff of 2024-11-28.
Magistral Medium has more recent training data (up to 2025-06-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to QwQ-32B-Preview (2024-11-28).
Jun 2025
7 mo newerNov 2024
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Magistral Medium and QwQ-32B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Magistral Medium vs QwQ-32B-Preview.