Model comparison
Qwen1.5-32B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-32B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 34.2.
- Qwen1.5-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-04 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1155 | 1487 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 42% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1130 | 1483 |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1126 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 30.7% | — |
| MMLU | 74.4% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1106 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1177 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1101 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1058 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1027 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1008 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1073 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1089 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1146 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1137 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1083 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1140 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen1.5-32B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen1.5-32B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-32B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-32B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.