Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
QwQ-32B-Preview leads with 4.5% higher average benchmark score. GPT-4.5 offers 66.6K more tokens in context window than QwQ-32B-Preview. QwQ-32B-Preview is $224.65 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-4.5 supports multimodal inputs. QwQ-32B-Preview is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-4.5 was developed as an intermediate advancement between GPT-4 and GPT-5, designed to incorporate incremental improvements in reasoning, factuality, and instruction-following. Built to bridge generational capabilities while maintaining compatibility with existing applications, it represents a refinement of the GPT-4 architecture with enhanced performance characteristics.
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.
3 months newer

QwQ-32B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-11-28

GPT-4.5
OpenAI
2025-02-27
Cost per million tokens (USD)

GPT-4.5

QwQ-32B-Preview
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

GPT-4.5

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

GPT-4.5
OpenAI

QwQ-32B-Preview

GPT-4.5

QwQ-32B-Preview

GPT-4.5

QwQ-32B-Preview
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