Model Comparison

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct outperforms in 4 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (HumanEval).

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1.0B diff

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct has 1.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct, making it 3.1% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
32.5Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
33.5Bparameters
32.5B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
33.5B
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does not.

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-02-28.

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is 5 months newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Feb 28, 2025

1.1 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

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Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

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Higher GPQA score (49.5% vs 46.0%)
Higher MATH score (83.1% vs 82.2%)
Higher MMLU score (83.3% vs 78.4%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (69.0% vs 68.8%)
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Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

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Supports multimodal inputs
Higher HumanEval score (91.5% vs 88.4%)

Detailed Comparison

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Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
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Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.8%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.3%, HumanEval: 91.5%, ScreenSpot: 88.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.