Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Qwen1.5-32B

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.5

Rank #293 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 41.9 to 31.7.
  • Qwen1.5-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.630.5
Released2025-11-122024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked621

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
LMArena Coding—1155
BigCodeBench Complete—42%
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts—1130

Math Qwen1.5-32B leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
ProofBench9%—
LMArena Math—1155

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
GPQA Diamond—30.7%
LMArena Expert—1126
MMLU—74.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English—1106
LMArena Chinese—1177
LMArena French—1101
LMArena German—1058
LMArena Japanese—1027
LMArena Korean—1008
LMArena Russian—1073
LMArena Spanish—1089

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following—1116

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query—1146

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text—1137
LMArena Creative Writing—1083
LMArena Multi-Turn—1140

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Qwen1.5-32B?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Qwen1.5-32B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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