# GPT-5.2 Pro vs QwQ-32B

> GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-2-pro-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and QwQ-32B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 51.8 to 22.9.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 52.2 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 34 | 153 |
| Context | 400K | — |
| Input $/M | $21 | — |
| Output $/M | $168 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-5.2 Pro: —
- QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1333 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |

## Reasoning

- GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.8 (#31)
- QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.41 | 137.6 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 54.2% | — |
| SimpleBench | 57.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 90.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1326 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- GPT-5.2 Pro: 64.8 (#23)
- QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 74% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 31.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-5.2 Pro: —
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1323 |

## Multilingual

- GPT-5.2 Pro: —
- QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1378 |
| LMArena French | — | 1337 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-5.2 Pro: —
- QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1297 |

## Long Context

- GPT-5.2 Pro: —
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1308 |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-5.2 Pro: —
- QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than QwQ-32B?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and QwQ-32B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.