Model Comparison

Qwen3 32B vs QwQ-32B

Qwen3 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Qwen3 32B outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2024, BFCL, LiveBench, LiveCodeBench), while QwQ-32B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Qwen3 32B 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
Qwen3 32B
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.30
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

300.0M diff

Qwen3 32B has 0.3B more parameters than QwQ-32B, making it 0.9% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
32.8Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
32.5Bparameters
32.8B
Qwen3 32B
32.5B
QwQ-32B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input- tokens
Output- 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.

Qwen3 32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3 32B was released on 2025-04-29, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

Qwen3 32B is 2 months newer than QwQ-32B.

Qwen3 32B

Apr 29, 2025

11 months ago

1mo newer
QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Qwen3 32B'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 Qwen3 32B's cutoff date.

Qwen3 32B

QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3 32B

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Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher AIME 2024 score (81.4% vs 79.5%)
Higher BFCL score (70.3% vs 66.4%)
Higher LiveBench score (74.9% vs 73.1%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (65.7% vs 63.4%)
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QwQ-32B

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Detailed Comparison

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Qwen3 32B
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QwQ-32B

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3 32B vs QwQ-32B

Qwen3 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3 32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team 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.
Qwen3 32B scores Arena Hard: 93.8%, AIME 2024: 81.4%, LiveBench: 74.9%, MultiLF: 73.0%, AIME 2025: 72.9%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.
Qwen3 32B supports 128K tokens and QwQ-32B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.