Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 27.6 to 18.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 17.8% for Qwen Plus and 7.4% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.7 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 33K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.1 (#165)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 18.5 (#262)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | — |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 15.3 (#289)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | 7.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#259)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 46.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1325 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.3 vs 38.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.