# Qwen1.5-32B vs Sonar

> Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen1-5-32b-vs-sonar
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 34.4.
- Qwen1.5-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 37.8 |
| Rank | 288 | 184 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen1.5-32B: 31.1 (#278)
- Sonar: 35.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1155 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 42% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen1.5-32B: 20.9 (#210)
- Sonar: 20.3 (#221)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1131 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |

## Math

- Qwen1.5-32B: 30.5 (#207)
- Sonar: 31.3 (#197)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#291)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1126 | — |
| MMLU | 74.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen1.5-32B: 31.6 (#254)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1106 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1176 | — |
| LMArena French | 1100 | — |
| LMArena German | 1058 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1027 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1007 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1073 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1089 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen1.5-32B: 58.0 (#260)
- Sonar: 71.5 (#146)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | — |

## Long Context

- Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#241)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1146 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen1.5-32B: 34.4 (#266)
- Sonar: 52.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1140 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen1.5-32B better than Sonar?

Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen1.5-32B or Sonar better for coding?

Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 31.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-32B and Sonar share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-32B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.