Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads with 35.5% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4.5 offers 198.5K more tokens in context window than QwQ-32B-Preview. QwQ-32B-Preview is $17.65 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. QwQ-32B-Preview is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 75.8% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.1%), AIME 2025 (87.0%), TAU-bench Retail (86.2%). It supports a 264K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 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.
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 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4.5
QwQ-32B-Preview
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 12 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.5
QwQ-32B-Preview
QwQ-32B-Preview
2024-11-28
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4.5
QwQ-32B-Preview
Claude Sonnet 4.5
QwQ-32B-Preview
QwQ-32B-Preview
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