Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen Max vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Qwen3 32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.2

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 32B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 32B leads 39.7 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.1% for Qwen Max and 66.9% for Qwen3 32B.
  • Qwen3 32B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen3 32B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 33K.
  • Qwen3 32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen MaxQwen3 32B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.739.2
Released2024-04-032025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window33K131K
Max output8K16K
Input $ / M tokens$1.60$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$6.40$2.80
Results tracked2326

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
Aider Polyglot21.8%40%
LMArena Coding12881358
SciCode—35.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen Max: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—48.7%

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12691334
Kagi LLM Benchmark—54.9%
CritPt—0.3%
Chess Puzzles—5%
DTBench—67.5%
LMCA—17.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.51

Math Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.1%66.9%
LMArena Math12751399
MATH Level 567.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%—

Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
GPQA Diamond56.1%65.7%
LMArena Expert12481362
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.9%

Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
LMArena Non-English12631317
LMArena Chinese12541357
LMArena German12541341
LMArena Russian12741311
LMArena French1330—
LMArena Japanese1205—
LMArena Korean1142—
LMArena Spanish1290—

Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
LMArena Instruction Following12621305

Long Context Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%74.2%
LMArena Longer Query12881327

Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3 32B
LMArena Text12821340
LMArena Creative Writing12481297
LMArena Multi-Turn12771331

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Max better than Qwen3 32B?

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen Max or Qwen3 32B?

Qwen3 32B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Qwen Max or Qwen3 32B better for coding?

Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 32B does, with 131K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and Qwen3 32B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.

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