Model comparison
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5-Coder-32B costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5-Coder-32B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 33.4.
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is cheaper at $0.66 / $1 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 47.5 |
| Released | 2024-09-18 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 33K | 1M |
| Max output | 29K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.66 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1 | $3 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1276 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 9% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 16.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 49% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 56.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
| HumanEval+ | 87.2% | — |
| MBPP+ | 77% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1251 | 1449 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.49 | 147.65 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 42.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 49.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| HellaSwag | 83% | — |
| LiveBench | 46.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 80.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| LiveBench Math | 46.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
| GSM8K | 93% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1221 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 70.5% | — |
| MMLU | 79.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1222 | 1477 |
| LMArena Russian | 1228 | 1434 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1223 | 1425 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.7% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1251 | 1439 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1230 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1174 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1222 | 1438 |
| LiveBench Language | 23.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5-Coder-32B costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus lists at $0.50 and $3.
Is Qwen2.5-Coder-32B or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5-Coder-32B and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.