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

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct benchmark

Name: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this head-to-head showdown, Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is more budget-friendly at $0.416/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Share Analysis:

Alibaba

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

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen3-vl-32b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

$0.41600000000000004/1M out

Top Rival Showdowns for Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

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 Leader

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

$0.41600000000000004 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

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

Capability Matchup Radar

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageQwen 2.5 Coder 32B 4/6

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

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

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (7)vsQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (2)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 7W (78%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct: 2W (22%)

← Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1 tiesQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct →

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,425vs—

Coding Elo

1,495vs—

SWE-bench

65.2%vs—

LiveBench

64.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74%vs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 5WQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct: 0W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

110 tok/svs—

Time to first token

180 msvs—

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct: 0W

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.72/1Mvs$0.416/1M

Input price

$0.18/1Mvs$0.104/1M

Context window

131kvs131k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 0WQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,425

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Coding Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,495

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

LiveBench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B64.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

SWE-bench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B65.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

GPQA Diamond

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B74%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Time to first token

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B180 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Output speed

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B110 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Input priceQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.076/1M)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.18/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct$0.104/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Output priceQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.304/1M)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.72/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct$0.416/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Context window

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct131k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Benchmark	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,425 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Coding Elo	1,495 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	64.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
SWE-bench	65.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
GPQA Diamond	74% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Time to first token	180 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Output speed	110 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Input price	$0.18/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.104/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.076/1M)
Output price	$0.72/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.416/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.304/1M)
Context window	131k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	131k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	—

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save up to 42% with Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

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: $6.3Out: $10.8

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct$9.88 / mo

In: $3.64Out: $6.24

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is estimated to save $7.22/month ($87/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct:Pick Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Lower output list price ($0.416/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	Lower output list price ($0.416/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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CompareLLM Matrix

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LIVE

Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Elo 1,425

LiveBench64.8%

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed110 tok/s

Output cost$0.72/1M

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0.416/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?: 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, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?: 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?: Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct output tokens are $0.416/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 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. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B matchups →|All Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct matchups →

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Capability Percentiles

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

Capability Matchup Radar

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.

Tap any node to inspect

Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageQwen 2.5 Coder 32B 4/6

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,425

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Coding Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,495

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

LiveBench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B64.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

SWE-bench

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B65.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

GPQA Diamond

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B74%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Time to first token

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B180 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Output speed

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B110 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct—

Input priceQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.076/1M)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.18/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct$0.104/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Output priceQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.304/1M)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.72/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct$0.416/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Context window

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct131k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,425

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Coding Elo

1,495

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

LiveBench

64.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

SWE-bench

65.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

GPQA Diamond

74%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Time to first token

180 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Output speed

110 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Input price

$0.18/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.104/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.076/1M)

Output price

$0.72/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.416/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct (+$0.304/1M)

Context window

131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

131k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

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Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Lower output list price ($0.416/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionQwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	Lower output list price ($0.416/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

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, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

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?

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct output tokens are $0.416/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

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

Can I self-host either model?

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