# Qwen Plus vs QwQ-32B

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen-plus-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 4 categories and QwQ-32B in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where QwQ-32B leads 38.0 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 17.8% for Qwen Plus and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 39.8 |
| Rank | 210 | 159 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
- QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |

## Reasoning

- Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
- QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1325 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
- QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1324 |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
- QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1378 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | 1262 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1297 |
| LMArena French | — | 1336 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1279 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
- QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |

## Long Context

- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
- QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |

## FAQ

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

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.