Model comparison
QwQ-32B vs Step 3.7 Flash
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 38.0.
Side by side
| QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 39.8 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-11-28 | 2026-05-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.11 |
| Results tracked | 36 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads
QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 20.9% | — |
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 44.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 72.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1333 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 694.12 |
Reasoning QwQ-32B leads
QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 39.7% |
| CritPt | — | 2.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1325 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.6 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.3 | — |
| LiveBench | 72% | — |
Math Step 3.7 Flash leads
QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 68.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 59.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 77.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 15.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1324 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1378 | — |
| LMArena French | 1336 | — |
| LMArena German | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1279 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1297 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 81.8% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1329 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is QwQ-32B better than Step 3.7 Flash?
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is QwQ-32B or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?
Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do QwQ-32B and Step 3.7 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. QwQ-32B has 36 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.