Model comparison

Qwen1.5-110B vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-110B scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where QwQ-32B leads 49.0 to 35.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 44.4% for Qwen1.5-110B and 54.4% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-110B and QwQ-32B specifications
Qwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.239.8
Released2024-04-252024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2036

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
BigCodeBench Instruct35%44.6%
LMArena Coding11841333
BigCodeBench Complete44.4%54.4%
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts11681325
ForecastBench57.758.3
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
LiveBench—72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
LMArena Math11851359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
LMArena Expert11441324
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English11421305
LMArena Chinese12061378
LMArena French11511336
LMArena German11231313
LMArena Japanese10741262
LMArena Korean10441279
LMArena Russian11181297
LMArena Spanish11421354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following11581297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query11571308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwQ-32B
LMArena Text11751329
LMArena Creative Writing11481288
LMArena Multi-Turn11601314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-110B better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-110B or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-110B and QwQ-32B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-110B has 20 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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