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Claude Sonnet 4 vs QwQ-32B-Preview
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 27.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 offers 262.5K more tokens in context window than QwQ-32B-Preview. QwQ-32B-Preview is $17.65 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.4% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (86.5%), TAU-bench Retail (80.5%), GPQA (75.4%). It supports a 328K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.0% across 4 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (90.6%), GPQA (65.2%), AIME 2024 (50.0%). The model is available through 4 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
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QwQ-32B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-11-28
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Claude Sonnet 4
Input:$3.00
Output:$15.00
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QwQ-32B-Preview
Input:$0.15
Output:$0.20($17.65 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 11 common benchmarks
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Claude Sonnet 4
Average Score:50.5%(+27.2%)
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QwQ-32B-Preview
Average Score:23.3%
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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 Sonnet 4
4 providers
Anthropic
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
Bedrock
Throughput: 101 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 Sonnet 4
Avg Score:50.5%(+27.2%)
Providers:4
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QwQ-32B-Preview
Avg Score:23.3%
Providers:4