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Claude Opus 4 vs QwQ-32B-Preview
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4 leads with 14.4% higher average benchmark score. Claude Opus 4 offers 262.5K more tokens in context window than QwQ-32B-Preview. QwQ-32B-Preview is $89.65 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Claude Opus 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4 was developed as the flagship model in the Claude 4 generation, designed to push the boundaries of AI capability in complex reasoning, analysis, and multi-step problem-solving. Built to handle the most demanding enterprise tasks, it represents Anthropic's highest tier of intelligence and capability.
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ 32B Preview was introduced as an early access version of the QwQ reasoning model, designed to allow researchers and developers to experiment with advanced analytical capabilities. Built to gather feedback on reasoning-enhanced architecture, it represents an experimental step toward more thoughtful language models.
5 months newer
QwQ-32B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-11-28
Claude Opus 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Claude Opus 4
Input:$15.00
Output:$75.00
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QwQ-32B-Preview
Input:$0.15
Output:$0.20($89.65 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Claude Opus 4
Average Score:79.6%(+14.4%)
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QwQ-32B-Preview
Average Score:65.2%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
QwQ-32B-Preview
2024-11-28
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Claude Opus 4
4 providers
Anthropic
Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Bedrock
Throughput: 120 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
ZeroEval
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
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Claude Opus 4
Avg Score:79.6%(+14.4%)
Providers:4
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QwQ-32B-Preview
Avg Score:65.2%
Providers:4