Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-5.2 Codex is a coding-specialized variant from the GPT-5.2 family, designed for software engineering workflows including automated code generation, multi-file editing, and agentic development. It builds on GPT-5.2's improved instruction following and long-context capabilities, with optimizations specifically targeting programming tasks and agentic software workflows.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct is a 32-billion-parameter code-specialized model from Alibaba, released in November 2024 and trained on a large corpus spanning 92 programming languages including C, Python, Java, Rust, and domain-specific languages. The model was designed to provide competitive code generation, repair, and reasoning capabilities as an open-weight alternative for developers building code assistant tools and automated review pipelines. Its 128K context window enables whole-file and multi-file code comprehension, making it particularly suited for complex repository-level tasks.
1 year newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Alibaba / Qwen
2024-11-12

GPT-5.2 Codex
OpenAI
2026-01-14
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5.2 Codex
Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
GPT-5.2 Codex
Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct