Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs QwQ-32B

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 8 categories and QwQ-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 44% for GPT-5.4 and 5% for QwQ-32B.
  • QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and QwQ-32B specifications
GPT-5.4QwQ-32B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.439.8
Released2026-03-052024-11-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6836

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
LMArena Coding14971333
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
MirrorCode15.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), QwQ-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond93.3%65.3%
LMArena Expert15071324
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Confabulations—15.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), QwQ-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English14651305
LMArena Chinese15191378
LMArena French14931336
LMArena German14721313
LMArena Japanese14851262
LMArena Korean14481279
LMArena Russian14801297
LMArena Spanish14541354

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14691297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query14731308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4QwQ-32B
LMArena Text14691329
LMArena Creative Writing14391288
EQ-Bench Creative Writing18401257
LMArena Multi-Turn14821314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench 41272—
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than QwQ-32B?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or QwQ-32B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and QwQ-32B share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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