Model comparison

o3-pro vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o3-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. o3-pro scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where o3-pro leads 55.5 to 38.7.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $20 / $80 for o3-pro.
  • o3-pro accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o3-pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
o3-proQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.930.1
Released2025-06-102024-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K131K
Max output100K8K
Input $ / M tokens$20$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$80$2.80
Results tracked127

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 55.5 (#24), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Aider Polyglot84.9%—
WeirdML58.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 23.8 (#171), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Epoch Capabilities Index147.42128.52
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark72.1%—
ARC-AGI-159.3%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench86.9%—
LMCA38.5%—

Math Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 29.5 (#238), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
Confabulations14.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate23.3%—

Long Context Not comparable

o3-pro: 72.2 (#1), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench97.2%—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

o3-pro: 57.1 (#133), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Short-Story Creative Writing84.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-pro better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o3-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, o3-pro or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; o3-pro lists at $20 and $80.

Is o3-pro or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 38.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

o3-pro does, with 200K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do o3-pro and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. o3-pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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