Model comparison
QwQ-32B vs Step 2 16k Exp 202412
QwQ-32B and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
StepFunSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. QwQ-32B scores higher in 5 categories and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where QwQ-32B leads 49.0 to 39.7.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2024-11-28 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 37.9 (#170)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1333 | 1316 |
| Aider Polyglot | 20.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 44.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 72.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.4% | — |
Reasoning Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 24.8 (#140)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1299 |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.6 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.3 | — |
| LiveBench | 72% | — |
Math QwQ-32B leads
QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 33.6 (#171)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1305 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 59.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 77.8% | — |
Knowledge QwQ-32B leads
QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 34.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1323 | 1279 |
| GPQA Diamond | 65.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 15.6% | — |
Multilingual QwQ-32B leads
QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 43.9 (#176)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1306 | 1290 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1378 | 1331 |
| LMArena Russian | 1297 | 1324 |
| LMArena French | 1337 | — |
| LMArena German | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | — |
Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads
QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 68.1 (#187)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1287 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 81.8% | — |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 39.7 (#165)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1307 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 52.5 (#168)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1329 | 1321 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1328 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | 1292 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1257 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is QwQ-32B better than Step 2 16k Exp 202412?
QwQ-32B and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is QwQ-32B or Step 2 16k Exp 202412 better for coding?
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do QwQ-32B and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. QwQ-32B has 36 scored results on Noometry and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 has 12.