Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 32B
Updated October 21, 2026. 29 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Qwen3 32B for coding: it scores 40.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.2 for Claude Opus 4.1.
Pick Claude Opus 4.1 when the context window is larger, 200K against 131K tokens, or when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 29
- Claude Opus 4.1 only
- 42
- Qwen3 32B only
- 13
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
Qwen3 32B
Qwen3 32B scores 40.0 against 27.2.
One benchmark behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1 leads, 22.8 against 7.3.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 76.3%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a AIME result, 78.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.9%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1177.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 32B
Claude Opus 4.1 $0.052, Qwen3 32B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.1 27.2 from 1 benchmark, Qwen3 32B 40.0 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Coding, 17.7 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: instruction following: Claude Opus 4.1 1435 against Qwen3 32B 1305, 21.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against Qwen3 32B $0.28 per million output tokens, 267.9x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, Qwen3 32B 131K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.1 | Bars | Qwen3 32B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 14 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 29 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 40.0% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1390 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 66.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 54.6% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 36.0% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 3.0% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| WeirdML | 45.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Cybench | 42.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1479 | 1357 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1456 | 1366 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1399 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 22.8 | 7.3 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.1 | 138.4 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 29.8% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| METR time horizons | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GDPval | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 48.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 66.8% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 7.4% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 77.3% | 65.7% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| SimpleBench | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 21.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| EBR-bench | 7.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| VPCT | 35.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1442 | 1334 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1438 | 1362 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1451 | 1350 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 94.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 73.0 | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 73.0% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 68.9% | 66.9% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 12.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 2.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1431 | 1399 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1434 | 1420 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 93.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 79.8% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1422 | 1372 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1416 | 1368 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1421 | 1324 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1406 | 1318 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1177 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1164 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1172 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1166 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1153 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1171 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1152 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index140
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 36.3% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| DTBench | 80.0% | 67.5% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMCA | 37.1% | 17.3% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 74.2% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1419 | 1340 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1435 | 1305 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1412 | 1297 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | 1359 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1405 | 1317 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1427 | 1357 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1413 | 1341 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1377 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1381 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1433 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1448 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1422 | 1311 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1444 | 1331 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1455 | 1327 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1418 | 1298 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1398 | 1279 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 32B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 32B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 32B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 5, 2025 | April 28, 2025 |
| Context window | 200K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $15.00 | $0.08 |
| Output $/Mtok | $75.00 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | 27.2 | 40.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Qwen3 32B for coding?
Pick Qwen3 32B for coding: it scores 40.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.2 for Claude Opus 4.1. Pick Claude Opus 4.1 when the context window is larger, 200K against 131K tokens, or when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 32B?
Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B costs $0.08 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 32B?
Claude Opus 4.1, with 200K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 32B comparison based on?
29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Opus 4.1's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 32B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.