Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Qwen3 235B benchmark

Name: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Qwen3 235B AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Alibaba) and Qwen3 235B (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. On preference Elo, Qwen3 235B is ahead by 15 points (1,440 vs 1,425; lmarena (Aug 17, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B resolves 65.2% versus 59.4% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B streams faster (110 tok/s) while Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is the cheaper output token ($0.72/1M). Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the larger context window (131k 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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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo 1,425$0.72/1M out

Alibaba

Qwen3 235B

Open-weight Qwen3 mixture-of-experts.

Elo 1,440$1.8199999999999998/1M out

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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (7)vsQwen3 235B (2)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 7W (78%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BQwen3 235B: 2W (22%)

← Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1 tiesQwen3 235B →

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,425vs1,440

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs59.4%

LiveBench

64.8%vs63.5%

GPQA Diamond

74%vs76.8%

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 3WQwen3 235B: 2W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

110 tok/svs74 tok/s

Time to first token

180 msvs320 ms

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WQwen3 235B: 0W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.72/1Mvs$1.82/1M

Input price

$0.18/1Mvs$0.45/1M

Context window

131kvs131k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WQwen3 235B: 0W

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Dimensional AdvantageQwen 2.5 Coder 32B 3/6

Preference Elo

Qwen3 235B

15 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

36 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

$1.10/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,425

EloHigh is better

1,440+1%

Code Elo

High is better

1,495

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

+2%64.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

63.5%

SWE-bench

High is better

+10%65.2%

SWE-benchHigh is better

59.4%

GPQA

High is better

74%

GPQAHigh is better

76.8%+4%

TTFT

Low is better

+78%180 ms

TTFTLow is better

320 ms

Speed

High is better

+49%110 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

74 tok/s

In $

Low is better

+153%$0.18/1M

In $Low is better

$0.45/1M

Out $

Low is better

+153%$0.72/1M

Out $Low is better

$1.82/1M

Context

High is better

131k

ContextHigh is better

131k

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

Save up to 60% with Qwen 2.5 Coder 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)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$17.10 / mo

In: $6.30Out: $10.80

Qwen3 235B$43.22 / mo

In: $15.92Out: $27.30

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is estimated to save $26.12/month ($313/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B:Pick Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B:Pick Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
3
Qwen3 235B:Pick Qwen3 235B as the default general assistant.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).

High-volume chatQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower TTFT (180 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionQwen3 235B

Qwen3 235B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).
High-volume chat	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower TTFT (180 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen3 235B	Qwen3 235B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Qwen3 235B: the open MoE Qwen, not the Max SKU

Sep 2025 open-weight mixture-of-experts. Self-host path. Don’t confuse it with Qwen 3 Max.

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Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Elo 1,425

LiveBench64.8%

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed110 tok/s

Output cost$0.72/1M

Alibaba

Qwen3 235B

Elo 1,440

LiveBench63.5%

SWE-bench59.4%

Speed74 tok/s

Output cost$1.82/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen3 235B?: Qwen3 235B has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,440). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen3 235B?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B leads SWE-bench at 65.2% vs 59.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B output tokens are $0.72/1M versus $1.82/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen3 235B?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the lower time-to-first-token (180 ms vs 320 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Both Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Qwen3 235B are marked open-weights. Hosting cost is not in this table.
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. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Qwen3 235B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Qwen3 235B benchmark

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (7)vsQwen3 235B (2)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 7W (78%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BQwen3 235B: 2W (22%)

← Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1 tiesQwen3 235B →

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,425vs1,440

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs59.4%

LiveBench

64.8%vs63.5%

GPQA Diamond

74%vs76.8%

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 3WQwen3 235B: 2W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

110 tok/svs74 tok/s

Time to first token

180 msvs320 ms

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WQwen3 235B: 0W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.72/1Mvs$1.82/1M

Input price

$0.18/1Mvs$0.45/1M

Context window

131kvs131k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WQwen3 235B: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).

High-volume chatQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower TTFT (180 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionQwen3 235B

Qwen3 235B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).
High-volume chat	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower output list price ($0.72/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower TTFT (180 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen3 235B	Qwen3 235B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen3 235B?

Qwen3 235B has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,440). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen3 235B?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B leads SWE-bench at 65.2% vs 59.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B output tokens are $0.72/1M versus $1.82/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen3 235B?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the lower time-to-first-token (180 ms vs 320 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Both Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Qwen3 235B are marked open-weights. Hosting cost is not in this table.

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. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Qwen3 235B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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