OpenAI o3 vs QwQ 32B
Compare OpenAI o3 by OpenAI against QwQ 32B by Qwen, tested across 15 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
QwQ 32BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI o3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, major provider backing.
QwQ 32B is 27x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o3
Input
$10.00
Output
$40.00
QwQ 32B
Input
$0.50
20× cheaper
Output
$1.50
27× cheaper
QwQ 32B is cheaper on both — 20× input, 27× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
OpenAI o3 uses 37.9x more headings
OpenAI o3
QwQ 32B
68%Vocabulary64%
14wSentence Length12w
0.26Hedging0.36
0.7Bold13.6
3.0Lists8.4
0.00Emoji0.00
0.38Headings0.00
0.12Transitions0.39
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