Model Comparison

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while QwQ-32B is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

QwQ-32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

27.5B diff

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct has 27.5B more parameters than QwQ-32B, making it 84.6% larger.

Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
60.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
32.5Bparameters
60.0B
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
32.5B
QwQ-32B

License

Usage and distribution terms

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is licensed under MIT, while QwQ-32B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

QwQ-32B is 6 months newer than Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QwQ-32B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher GPQA score (65.2% vs 36.8%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B

FAQ

Common questions about Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is made by Microsoft and QwQ-32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct scores ARC-C: 91.0%, OpenBookQA: 89.6%, GSM8k: 88.7%, PIQA: 88.6%, RULER: 87.1%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is developed by Microsoft and QwQ-32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.