Model comparison

Qwen3 32B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 33.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 2 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3 32B

Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #166 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next

Alibaba (Qwen)

33.8

Rank #229 Reported

Summary

They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3 32B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 Coder Next in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 32B.
Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Qwen3 32B and Qwen3 Coder Next specifications
	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	38.8	33.8
Released	2025-04	2026-02-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	262K
Max output	16K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.70	$0.12
Output $ / M tokens	$2.80	$0.80
Results tracked	26	3

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen3 32B: 37.3 (#184), Qwen3 Coder Next: 35.8 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
SciCode	35.4%	32.3%
Aider Polyglot	40%	—
WeirdML	—	34.4%
LMArena Coding	1358	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 32.3 (#58), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	48.7%	—

Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads

Qwen3 32B: 19.6 (#233), Qwen3 Coder Next: 21.7 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
CritPt	0.3%	0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	54.9%	—
Chess Puzzles	5%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1335	—
DTBench	67.5%	—
LMCA	17.3%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	138.51	—

Math Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 37.9 (#89), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	66.9%	—
LMArena Math	1399	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#112), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
GPQA Diamond	65.7%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	5.9%	—
LMArena Expert	1362	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 45.8 (#162), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Non-English	1317	—
LMArena Chinese	1357	—
LMArena German	1341	—
LMArena Russian	1311	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 69.1 (#174), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Instruction Following	1305	—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 43.7 (#83), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
Fiction.LiveBench	74.2%	—
LMArena Longer Query	1327	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 53.1 (#158), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 32B	Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Text	1340	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1297	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1331	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 32B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 32B or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Qwen3 32B or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.3 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3 32B and Qwen3 Coder Next share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 32B has 26 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.