Model comparison
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 32b scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Plus in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where C4ai Aya Expanse 32b leads 34.0 to 23.3.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-10-24 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 4K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.8 (#231), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1197 | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 23.3 (#180), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1193 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math C4ai Aya Expanse 32b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.0 (#197), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1200 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge C4ai Aya Expanse 32b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 33.2 (#206), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1182 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.9% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 38.4 (#230), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1213 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1211 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1163 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1248 | — |
| LMArena German | 1199 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1158 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1193 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 62.6 (#237), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1196 | 1303 |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 37.2 (#220), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1228 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 42.2 (#235), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1224 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1200 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1190 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 32b better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 32b or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 34.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 32b and Qwen Plus share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 32b has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.