# ERNIE 5.1 vs Qwen3 32B

> ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-1-vs-qwen3-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 32B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 52.9.
- Qwen3 32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 39.2 |
| Rank | 83 | 172 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.80 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76)
- Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211)
- Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1334 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92)
- Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1399 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.9% |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102)
- Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1362 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29)
- Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | — |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37)
- Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1305 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59)
- Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52)
- Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1331 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Qwen3 32B?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.1 or Qwen3 32B better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen3 32B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.