# QwQ-32B vs Sonar

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwq-32b-vs-sonar
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 7

## Summary

- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. QwQ-32B scores higher in 3 categories and Sonar in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where QwQ-32B leads 38.0 to 33.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 83.5% for QwQ-32B and 46.3% for Sonar.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 39.8 | 38.5 |
| Rank | 159 | 187 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
- Sonar: 35.7 (#221)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 72.2% | 35.1% |
| Aider Polyglot | 20.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 44.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1333 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
- Sonar: 21.1 (#227)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.5% | 46.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65% | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | 72% | 46.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1325 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.6 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.3 | — |

## Math

- QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)
- Sonar: 33.7 (#200)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 77.8% | 41.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 59.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |

## Knowledge

- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 15.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1324 | — |

## Multilingual

- QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1378 | — |
| LMArena French | 1336 | — |
| LMArena German | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1279 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1297 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |

## Instruction Following

- QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)
- Sonar: 71.4 (#150)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 81.8% | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | — |

## Long Context

- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
- Sonar: —

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

## Writing & Preference

- QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
- Sonar: 52.6 (#167)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 51.4% | 44.1% |
| LMArena Text | 1329 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | — |

## FAQ

### Is QwQ-32B better than Sonar?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is QwQ-32B or Sonar better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.4 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

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

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. QwQ-32B has 36 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.