Model comparison
Qwen Max vs QwQ-32B
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 1 category and QwQ-32B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where QwQ-32B leads 38.0 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.1% for Qwen Max and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Max | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.7 | 39.8 |
| Released | 2024-04-03 | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 33K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding QwQ-32B leads
Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 21.8% | 20.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | 1333 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1269 | 1325 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math QwQ-32B leads
Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.1% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1275 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 67.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |
Knowledge QwQ-32B leads
Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1324 |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multilingual QwQ-32B leads
Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1263 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1330 | 1336 |
| LMArena German | 1254 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1205 | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | 1142 | 1279 |
| LMArena Russian | 1274 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | 1354 |
Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads
Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1262 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | 83.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1288 | 1308 |
Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads
Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1248 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Max better than QwQ-32B?
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen Max or QwQ-32B better for coding?
QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and QwQ-32B share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.