# Qwen Max vs QwQ-32B

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen-max-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 1 category and QwQ-32B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where QwQ-32B leads 36.2 to 21.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.1% for Qwen Max and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.4 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 226 | 153 |
| Context | 33K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.60 | — |
| Output $/M | $6.40 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)
- QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 21.8% | 20.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | 1333 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |

## Reasoning

- Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)
- QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1270 | 1326 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)
- QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.1% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1275 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 67.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1323 |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)
- QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1263 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1329 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1254 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1205 | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | 1141 | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | 1274 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | 1353 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)
- QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1262 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |

## Long Context

- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | 83.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1289 | 1308 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)
- QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1248 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen Max better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen Max or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and QwQ-32B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.