Model comparison
Qwen1.5-110B vs Qwen3 32B
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-110B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 32B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 32B leads 52.9 to 38.0.
Side by side
| Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.2 | 39.2 |
| Released | 2024-04-25 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1184 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 35% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 44.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen1.5-110B: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-110B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1168 | 1334 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |
| ForecastBench | 57.7 | — |
Math Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1185 | 1399 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.9% |
Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1144 | 1362 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1206 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1123 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1151 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1074 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1044 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1142 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1158 | 1305 |
Long Context Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1157 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads
Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1175 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1148 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | 1331 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen1.5-110B better than Qwen3 32B?
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen1.5-110B or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-110B and Qwen3 32B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-110B has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.