Model Comparison

Qwen2 7B Instruct vs QwQ-32B-Preview

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

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Qwen2 7B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while QwQ-32B-Preview is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench).

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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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
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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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

24.9B diff

QwQ-32B-Preview has 24.9B more parameters than Qwen2 7B Instruct, making it 326.5% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
7.6Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
32.5Bparameters
7.6B
Qwen2 7B Instruct
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).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
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

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

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

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

QwQ-32B-Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2 7B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23, while QwQ-32B-Preview was released on 2024-11-28.

QwQ-32B-Preview is 4 months newer than Qwen2 7B Instruct.

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 28, 2024

1.4 years ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B-Preview has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Qwen2 7B Instruct'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 Qwen2 7B Instruct's cutoff date.

Qwen2 7B Instruct

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 7B Instruct

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QwQ-32B-Preview

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Larger context window (32,768 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (65.2% vs 25.3%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (50.0% vs 26.6%)

Detailed Comparison

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Qwen2 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2 7B Instruct vs QwQ-32B-Preview

QwQ-32B-Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen2 7B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team 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.
Qwen2 7B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 84.1%, GSM8k: 82.3%, HumanEval: 79.9%, C-Eval: 77.2%, AlignBench: 72.1%. QwQ-32B-Preview scores MATH-500: 90.6%, GPQA: 65.2%, AIME 2024: 50.0%, LiveCodeBench: 50.0%.
Qwen2 7B Instruct 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.