Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs QwQ-32B
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 50.9.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.7 | 39.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | 1326 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1473 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | 1323 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1534 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1483 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1487 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1497 | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | 1438 | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | 1472 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1470 | 1353 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1477 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1478 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than QwQ-32B?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and QwQ-32B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.