Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs Qwen3 32B (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs Qwen3 32B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2732
AlibabaQwen3 32B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.20
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 5 (Medium)Qwen3 32B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.87.2−83.9% Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) is 83.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)12.85s91.88s+615.0% Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) is 615.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.24 / $0.54
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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