QwQ 32B-Preview: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Alibaba's QwQ 32B-Preview and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
Alibaba has launched a newer model, QwQ-32B. We suggest considering this model instead of QwQ 32B-Preview. See the following pages for a comparison of QwQ-32B to other models and QwQ-32B API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
QwQ 32B-Preview is of higher intelligence compared to average, with Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index of 32.
Price:QwQ 32B-Preview is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.67 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
QwQ 32B-Preview Input token price: $0.66, Output token price: $0.69 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:QwQ 32B-Preview Input token price: $0.66, Output token price: $0.69 per 1M Tokens.
QwQ 32B-Preview is slower compared to average, with a output speed of 77.3 tokens per second.
Latency:QwQ 32B-Preview has a lower latency compared to average, taking 0.53s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:QwQ 32B-Preview has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 33k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
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QwQ 32B-Preview Model Details
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