Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen3 32B
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 32B in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 32B leads 39.7 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 17.8% for Qwen Plus and 66.9% for Qwen3 32B.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 32B.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen3 32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 39.2 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 33K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen Plus: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1334 |
| DTBench | 81.1% | 67.5% |
| LMCA | 24% | 17.3% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |
Math Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | 66.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1399 |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 65.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1362 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
Multilingual Too close to call
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1311 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1305 |
Long Context Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1331 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen3 32B?
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3 32B?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen3 32B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.