Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
QwQ-32B leads with 24.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, QwQ-32B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet was introduced as the balanced middle tier of the Claude 3 family, offering a combination of strong capabilities and operational speed. Designed to provide an optimal tradeoff between intelligence and performance for everyday tasks, it served as a versatile solution for a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ 32B was developed as a reasoning-focused model, designed to emphasize analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities. Built with 32 billion parameters optimized for step-by-step reasoning, it demonstrates Qwen's exploration into models that prioritize deliberate analytical processing.
1 year newer

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

QwQ-32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-03-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet

QwQ-32B
QwQ-32B
2024-11-28
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

QwQ-32B

Claude 3 Sonnet

QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B