Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs Claude Haiku 3.5
Claude Haiku 3.5 comes out ahead, 49 to 42 on our weighted score.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
42/100- ECI128.5
- Price$0.70 / $2.80
- Context131K
- Our pick
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3.5
49/100- ECI127.2
- Price—
- Context200K
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Claude Haiku 3.5 is our pick
Claude Haiku 3.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 49/100 against Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (42). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.
- CapabilityQwen2.5 32B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 128.5 · Claude Haiku 3.5 127.2
- Lowest priceQwen2.5 32B InstructQwen2.5 32B Instruct $1.23 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Claude Haiku 3.5 unpriced
- Longest contextClaude Haiku 3.5Claude Haiku 3.5 200,000 · Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3.5Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: Text · Claude Haiku 3.5: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingQwen2.5 32B InstructPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Claude Haiku 3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 67% | 51 | 49 |
| Inputs & features | 20% | 25 | 60 |
| Context window | 13% | 24 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 42/100 | 49/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Qwen2.5 32B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 128.5 (best) | 127.2 |
| ECI rank | #131 of 148 (best) | #134 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 46.1% (best) | 38.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 7.4% (best) | 4.3% |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.70 | — |
| Output | $2.80 | — |
| Cached input | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $1.23 | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | — |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 200,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 8,192 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | qwen2-5-32b-instruct | — |
| API providers | 1 | — |
| Released | Sep 17, 2024 | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 |
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- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct$12.60
- Claude Haiku 3.5—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen2.5 32B Instruct or Claude Haiku 3.5?
Claude Haiku 3.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 49/100 against Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (42). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct or Claude Haiku 3.5?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper at $0.70 input / $2.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.23 per million tokens for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct versus . Claude Haiku 3.5 has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 128.5 (#131 of 148) and Claude Haiku 3.5 127.2 (#134 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (123.5–130.0 vs 120.7–129.7), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 46.1%, Claude Haiku 3.5 38.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 7.4%, Claude Haiku 3.5 4.3%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and Claude Haiku 3.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Haiku 3.5 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct. Maximum output per response: Qwen2.5 32B Instruct up to 8,192, Claude Haiku 3.5 up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts text; Claude Haiku 3.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Haiku 3.5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3.5 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Claude Haiku 3.5 is the newest, released Oct 22, 2024. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct came out Sep 17, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Apr 2024, Claude Haiku 3.5 Jul 31, 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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