# GPT-4.5 vs QwQ-32B

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-5-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 32

## Summary

- They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 4 categories and QwQ-32B in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where QwQ-32B leads 22.9 to 14.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 44.9% for GPT-4.5 and 20.9% for QwQ-32B.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.9 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 200 | 153 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102)
- QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 44.9% | 20.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 75.2% | 72.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1397 | 1333 |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92)
- QwQ-32B: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320)
- QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 71.1% | 83.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1404 | 1326 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 64.3% | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.74 | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | 61.7 | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | 69% | 72% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 34.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 10.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| EnigmaEval | 3.2% | — |

## Math

- GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200)
- QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 37.8% | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 69.3% | 77.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1412 | 1359 |
| MATH Level 5 | 78.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 68.7% | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | 13.6% | 15.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1323 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 5.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68)
- QwQ-32B: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1195 | — |
| VPCT | 45% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78)
- QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1421 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1417 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1457 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129)
- QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 72.3% | 81.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1297 |

## Long Context

- GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 63.9% | 83.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | 1308 |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129)
- QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1394 | 1288 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 75.6% | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1258 | 1257 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | 1314 |
| LiveBench Language | 61.5% | 51.4% |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4.5 better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4.5 or QwQ-32B better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and QwQ-32B share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.