Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs QwQ-32B

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and QwQ-32B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 51.5 to 23.7.
  • QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and QwQ-32B specifications
GPT-5.2 ProQwQ-32B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.339.8
Released2025-12-112024-11-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$21—
Output $ / M tokens$168—
Results tracked836

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-32B
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
LMArena Coding—1333
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-32B
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4137.6
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
SimpleBench57.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1325
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-32B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%—
FrontierMath Tier 446%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%
LMArena Math—1359
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%
LMArena Expert—1324

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-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-5.2 Pro: —, QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-32B
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1297

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1308

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwQ-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-5.2 Pro better than QwQ-32B?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and QwQ-32B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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