Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 benchmark

Name: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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In this head-to-head showdown, TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 is more budget-friendly at $0.8/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Executive Verdict Summary

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 holds empirical advantage (2 of 2 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructTop code solve rate

ReasoningGPQA / Live

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructTop logical accuracy

Best Value$/1M Tok

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2Lowest API billing cost

Speed / TokTok/Sec

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

2 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (0)TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 (2)

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

0 of 2 Wins

Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

2 of 2 Wins

✓Input price✓Output price

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen-2.5-coder-32b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo 1,425In: $0.66 · Out: $1/1M

thedrummer

Leads 2 of 2

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (thedrummer/skyfall-36b-v2). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.55 · Out: $0.8/1M

Top Rival Showdowns for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 Wins

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

$0.7999999999999999 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (4)vsTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 (2)

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 4W (67%)TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2: 2W (33%)

← Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1 tiesTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 →

🏆Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct Leads(4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructvsTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Preference Elo

1,425vs—

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs—

LiveBench

64.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

—vs—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 4WTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2: 0W

Tied (0-0)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructvsTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Output speed

—vs—

Time to first token

—vs—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 0WTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2: 0W

🏆TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructvsTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Output price

$1/1Mvs$0.8/1M+$0.2/1M

Input price

$0.66/1Mvs$0.55/1M+$0.11/1M

Context window

33kvs33k

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 0WTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Preference Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,425

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

Coding Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,495

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

LiveBench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct64.8%

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

SWE-bench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct65.2%

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

Input priceTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 +$0.11/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0.66/1M

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2$0.55/1M

Output priceTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 +$0.2/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$1/1M

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2$0.8/1M

Context window

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct33k

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V233k

Benchmark	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,425 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
Coding Elo	1,495 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	64.8% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
SWE-bench	65.2% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
Input price	$0.66/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.55/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.11/1M
Output price	$1/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.8/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.2/1M
Context window	33k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	33k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	—

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 18% with TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

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

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

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$38.10 / mo

In: $23.1Out: $15

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2$31.25 / mo

In: $19.25Out: $12

Estimated Cost Delta

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 is estimated to save $6.85/month ($82/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2:Pick TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Larger window (33k).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Larger window (33k).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Elo 1,425

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed (tok/s)33k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.66/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$1/1M

thedrummer

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)33k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.55/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.8/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $1/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct accepts 33k tokens versus 33k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
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. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Preference Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,425

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

Coding Elo

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,495

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

LiveBench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct64.8%

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

SWE-bench

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct65.2%

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2—

Input priceTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 +$0.11/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0.66/1M

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2$0.55/1M

Output priceTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 +$0.2/1M

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$1/1M

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2$0.8/1M

Context window

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct33k

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V233k

Benchmark

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,425

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

Coding Elo

1,495

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

LiveBench

64.8%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

SWE-bench

65.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

Input price

$0.66/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0.55/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.11/1M

Output price

$1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0.8/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.2/1M

Context window

33k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

33k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

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Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatTheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Larger window (33k).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Larger window (33k).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $1/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct accepts 33k tokens versus 33k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

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. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.