Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen Turbo
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 6.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen Plus leads 23.3 to 15.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 17.8% for Qwen Plus and 6.1% for Qwen Turbo.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 33K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | — |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | 6.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | 56.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 41.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 6.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen Turbo share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.