Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen QwQ 32B benchmark

Name: Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen QwQ 32B AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic) and Qwen QwQ 32B (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Claude Opus 5 is ahead by 129 points (1,624 vs 1,495; seed-bootstrap (Aug 16, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Claude Opus 5 resolves 79.2% versus 67.5% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 16, 2026)). Claude Opus 5 streams faster (72 tok/s) while Qwen QwQ 32B is the cheaper output token ($1.2/1M). Claude Opus 5 has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 5

Anthropic current default flagship. Official API $5/$25 per 1M tokens and a 1M context window (Anthropic, Jul 24 2026).

Elo 1,624$50/1M out

Alibaba

Qwen QwQ 32B

Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models.

Elo 1,495$1.2/1M out

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Claude Opus 5 (8)vsQwen QwQ 32B (2)

Claude Opus 5: 8W (80%)Overall: Claude Opus 5Qwen QwQ 32B: 2W (20%)

← Claude Opus 5Qwen QwQ 32B →

Claude Opus 5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,624vs1,495

Coding Elo

1,618vs1,520

SWE-bench

79.2%vs67.5%

LiveBench

74.8%vs68%

GPQA Diamond

87.1%vs83.2%

Claude Opus 5: 5WQwen QwQ 32B: 0W

Claude Opus 5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

72 tok/svs68 tok/s

Time to first token

310 msvs320 ms

Claude Opus 5: 2WQwen QwQ 32B: 0W

Qwen QwQ 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$50/1Mvs$1.2/1M

Input price

$10/1Mvs$0.3/1M

Context window

1Mvs131k

Claude Opus 5: 1WQwen QwQ 32B: 2W

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Dimensional AdvantageClaude Opus 5 5/6

Preference Elo

Claude Opus 5

129 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Claude Opus 5

4 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Qwen QwQ 32B

$48.80/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

+9%1,624

EloHigh is better

1,495

Code Elo

High is better

+6%1,618

Code EloHigh is better

1,520

LiveBench

High is better

+10%74.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

68%

SWE-bench

High is better

+17%79.2%

SWE-benchHigh is better

67.5%

GPQA

High is better

+5%87.1%

GPQAHigh is better

83.2%

TTFT

Low is better

+3%310 ms

TTFTLow is better

320 ms

Speed

High is better

+6%72 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

68 tok/s

In $

Low is better

$10/1M

In $Low is better

$0.3/1M+3233%

Out $

Low is better

$50/1M

Out $Low is better

$1.2/1M+4067%

Context

High is better

+663%1M

ContextHigh is better

131k

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 97% with Qwen QwQ 32B

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude Opus 5$1,100.00 / mo

In: $350.00Out: $750.00

Qwen QwQ 32B$28.50 / mo

In: $10.50Out: $18.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen QwQ 32B is estimated to save $1,071.50/month ($12,858/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Claude Opus 5:Pick Claude Opus 5 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Qwen QwQ 32B:Pick Qwen QwQ 32B when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Claude Opus 5:Pick Claude Opus 5 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 5

Higher SWE-bench (79.2%).

High-volume chatQwen QwQ 32B

Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIClaude Opus 5

Lower TTFT (310 ms).

Long-document RAGClaude Opus 5

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 5

Claude Opus 5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 5	Higher SWE-bench (79.2%).
High-volume chat	Qwen QwQ 32B	Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Claude Opus 5	Lower TTFT (310 ms).
Long-document RAG	Claude Opus 5	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 5	Claude Opus 5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 5

Elo 1,624

LiveBench74.8%

SWE-bench79.2%

Speed72 tok/s

Output cost$50/1M

Alibaba

Qwen QwQ 32B

Elo 1,495

LiveBench68%

SWE-bench67.5%

Speed68 tok/s

Output cost$1.2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 5 or Qwen QwQ 32B?: Claude Opus 5 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,624). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 5 or Qwen QwQ 32B?: Claude Opus 5 leads SWE-bench at 79.2% vs 67.5%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen QwQ 32B output tokens are $1.2/1M versus $50/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude Opus 5 or Qwen QwQ 32B?: Claude Opus 5 has the lower time-to-first-token (310 ms vs 320 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Claude Opus 5 accepts 1M tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Qwen QwQ 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 5 and Qwen QwQ 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen QwQ 32B benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 5 (8)vsQwen QwQ 32B (2)

Claude Opus 5: 8W (80%)Overall: Claude Opus 5Qwen QwQ 32B: 2W (20%)

← Claude Opus 5Qwen QwQ 32B →

Claude Opus 5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,624vs1,495

Coding Elo

1,618vs1,520

SWE-bench

79.2%vs67.5%

LiveBench

74.8%vs68%

GPQA Diamond

87.1%vs83.2%

Claude Opus 5: 5WQwen QwQ 32B: 0W

Claude Opus 5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

72 tok/svs68 tok/s

Time to first token

310 msvs320 ms

Claude Opus 5: 2WQwen QwQ 32B: 0W

Qwen QwQ 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$50/1Mvs$1.2/1M

Input price

$10/1Mvs$0.3/1M

Context window

1Mvs131k

Claude Opus 5: 1WQwen QwQ 32B: 2W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 5

Higher SWE-bench (79.2%).

High-volume chatQwen QwQ 32B

Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIClaude Opus 5

Lower TTFT (310 ms).

Long-document RAGClaude Opus 5

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 5

Claude Opus 5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 5	Higher SWE-bench (79.2%).
High-volume chat	Qwen QwQ 32B	Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Claude Opus 5	Lower TTFT (310 ms).
Long-document RAG	Claude Opus 5	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 5	Claude Opus 5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 5 or Qwen QwQ 32B?

Claude Opus 5 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,624). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 5 or Qwen QwQ 32B?

Claude Opus 5 leads SWE-bench at 79.2% vs 67.5%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen QwQ 32B output tokens are $1.2/1M versus $50/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude Opus 5 or Qwen QwQ 32B?

Claude Opus 5 has the lower time-to-first-token (310 ms vs 320 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Claude Opus 5 accepts 1M tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Qwen QwQ 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 5 and Qwen QwQ 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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