Model comparison
Qwen Turbo vs Qwen3 32B
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Turbo scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 32B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 32B leads 39.7 to 15.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.1% for Qwen Turbo and 66.9% for Qwen3 32B.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 32B.
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen3 32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 27.1 | 39.2 |
| Released | 2024-11-01 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 16K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1358 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1334 |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |
Math Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.1% | 66.9% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1399 |
| MATH Level 5 | 56.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41.8% | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1362 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1357 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1311 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1305 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1327 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)
| Benchmark | Qwen Turbo | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1331 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Turbo better than Qwen3 32B?
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Turbo or Qwen3 32B?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Turbo and Qwen3 32B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Turbo has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.