Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.1

Rank #87 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

29.7

Rank #291 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 37.5 to 15.3.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
ERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderBaiduAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.129.7
Released—2024-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked197

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.1 (#165)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding1488—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 18.5 (#262)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1481—
Epoch Capabilities Index—128.52

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 15.3 (#289)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math1481—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#259)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
LMArena Expert1491—

Multilingual Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1455—
LMArena Chinese1507—
LMArena French1486—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1428—
LMArena Russian1459—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1460—

Long Context Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1462—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1468—
LMArena Creative Writing1440—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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