Model comparison

GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 nano scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 43.6 to 22.6.
  • GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.66 / $1 for Qwen2.5-Coder-32B.
  • GPT-5.4 nano accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 33K.
  • Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B specifications
GPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.933.4
Released2026-03-172024-09-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K33K
Max output128K29K
Input $ / M tokens$0.20$0.66
Output $ / M tokens$1.25$1
Results tracked4031

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Coding14051276
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—9%
Aider Polyglot—16.4%
SciCode46.9%—
WeirdML49.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—49%
LiveBench Coding—56.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—58%
ALE-Bench1,005—
HumanEval+—87.2%
MBPP+—77%

Reasoning GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts13811251
Epoch Capabilities Index145.81119.49
ARC-AGI-25.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark39.7%—
ARC-AGI-151.5%—
CritPt9.3%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
LiveBench Reasoning—42.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles9%—
DTBench80.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.9%
LMCA36.9%—
ForecastBench57.3—
HellaSwag—83%
LiveBench—46.2%
WinoGrande—80.8%

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Math14061251
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench5%—
LiveBench Math—46.6%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)25.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—
GSM8K—93%

Knowledge GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Expert13961221
GPQA Diamond78.5%—
SimpleQA Verified11.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.1%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—70.5%
MMLU—79.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Vision1196—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Non-English13591205
LMArena Chinese13921222
LMArena Russian13631228
LMArena French1396—
LMArena German1367—
LMArena Japanese1343—
LMArena Korean1320—
LMArena Spanish1371—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Instruction Following13621223
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.7%

Long Context GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Longer Query13661251

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Text13721230
LMArena Creative Writing13141174
LMArena Multi-Turn13821222
LiveBench Language—23.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 nano better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5-Coder-32B lists at $0.66 and $1.

Is GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 nano does, with 400K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 nano has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.

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