Claude Sonnet 4 vs Qwen3 32B vs Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro comes out ahead, 63 to 51 and 51 on our weighted score, though Qwen3 32B is 2.8× cheaper per token.
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4
51/100- ECI141.7
- Price$3.00 / $15.00
- Context200K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 32B
51/100- ECI138.5
- Price$0.70 / $2.80
- Context131K
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 2.5 Pro
63/100- ECI145.3
- Price$1.25 / $10.00
- Context1.05M
Gemini 2.5 Pro is our pick
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against Qwen3 32B (51) and Claude Sonnet 4 (51). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 32B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGemini 2.5 ProCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 · Claude Sonnet 4 141.7 · Qwen3 32B 138.5
- Lowest priceQwen3 32BQwen3 32B $1.23 · Gemini 2.5 Pro $3.44 · Claude Sonnet 4 $6.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro 1,048,576 · Claude Sonnet 4 200,000 · Qwen3 32B 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.5 ProClaude Sonnet 4: Text, Images, PDFs · Qwen3 32B: Text · Gemini 2.5 Pro: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
- Self-hostingQwen3 32BPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Claude Sonnet 4 | Qwen3 32B | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 68 | 64 | 72 |
| Price | 25% | 13 | 46 | 24 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 70 | 35 | 100 |
| Context window | 10% | 32 | 24 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 51/100 | 51/100 | 63/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic | Qwen3 32BAlibaba (Qwen) | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 141.7 | 138.5 | 145.3 (best) |
| ECI rank | #94 of 148 | #106 of 148 | #78 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 79.2% | 65.7% | 85.3% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | — | — | 24.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 71.1% | 66.9% | 84.7% (best) |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | — | — | 57.6% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $3.00 | $0.70 (best) | $1.25 |
| Output | $15.00 | $2.80 (best) | $10.00 |
| Cached input | — | — | $0.125 |
| Blended (3:1) | $6.00 | $1.23 (best) | $3.44 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Over 200K: $2.50 / $15.00 |
| Price source | Median of 9 providers | Official Alibaba API | Official Google API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 64,000 tokens | 16,384 tokens | 65,536 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | Yes |
| Video | No | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | qwen3-32b | gemini-2.5-pro |
| API providers | 9 | 14 | 22 (best) |
| Released | May 22, 2025 | Apr 29, 2025 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 2025 | Jan 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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- Claude Sonnet 4$60.00
- Qwen3 32B$12.60
- Gemini 2.5 Pro$32.50
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4, Qwen3 32B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against Qwen3 32B (51) and Claude Sonnet 4 (51). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 32B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4, Qwen3 32B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Qwen3 32B is cheaper at $0.70 input / $2.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Google API price); Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3.00 input / $15.00 output per million tokens (median across 9 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.23 per million tokens for Qwen3 32B versus $3.44 for Gemini 2.5 Pro (2.8× as much) and $6.00 for Claude Sonnet 4 (4.9× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 (#78 of 148), Claude Sonnet 4 141.7 (#94 of 148) and Qwen3 32B 138.5 (#106 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (143.6–146.9 vs 139.2–142.9), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 2.5 Pro 85.3%, Claude Sonnet 4 79.2%, Qwen3 32B 65.7%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemini 2.5 Pro 84.7%, Claude Sonnet 4 71.1%, Qwen3 32B 66.9%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Sonnet 4 and Qwen3 32B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemini 2.5 Pro leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Pro has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Sonnet 4 and 131,072 for Qwen3 32B. Maximum output per response: Claude Sonnet 4 up to 64,000, Qwen3 32B up to 16,384, Gemini 2.5 Pro up to 65,536 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Sonnet 4 accepts text, images and PDFs; Qwen3 32B accepts text; Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Gemini 2.5 Pro handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Qwen3 32B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the newest, released Jun 17, 2025. Claude Sonnet 4 came out May 22, 2025; Qwen3 32B came out Apr 29, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Sonnet 4 Mar 31, 2025, Qwen3 32B Apr 2025, Gemini 2.5 Pro Jan 2025.
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.
