Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where QwQ-32B leads 38.0 to 30.3.
  • QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and QwQ-32B specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.639.8
Released2025-11-122024-11-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked636

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LMArena WebDev1337—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
LMArena Coding—1333
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), QwQ-32B: —

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

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1325
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
ProofBench9%—
LiveBench Math—77.8%
LMArena Math—1359

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%
LMArena Expert—1324

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English—1305
LMArena Chinese—1378
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279
LMArena Russian—1297
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1297

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1308

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexQwQ-32B
LMArena Text—1329
LMArena Creative Writing—1288
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LMArena Multi-Turn—1314
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or QwQ-32B better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and QwQ-32B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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