Model comparison
Qwen1.5-32B vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen1.5-32B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 46.0 to 13.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 30.7% for Qwen1.5-32B and 84.8% for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Qwen1.5-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 42.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-04 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen1.5-32B: 31.1 (#278), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1155 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 42% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen1.5-32B: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 20.9 (#210), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.0 (#67)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1131 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.79 |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 30.5 (#207), Qwen3.5 Plus: 47.9 (#55)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#291), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#78)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 30.7% | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1126 | — |
| MMLU | 74.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen1.5-32B: 31.6 (#254), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1106 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1176 | — |
| LMArena French | 1100 | — |
| LMArena German | 1058 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1027 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1007 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1073 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1089 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen1.5-32B: 58.0 (#260), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#241), Qwen3.5 Plus: 42.9 (#109)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1146 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen1.5-32B: 34.4 (#266), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1140 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen1.5-32B better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-32B and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen1.5-32B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.