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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs SWE Dev 32B

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (Qwen) and SWE Dev 32B (Zai Org) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 15 September 2026

As of 15 September 2026, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#180 vs #184).

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #180 against #184 (15.9 vs 14.7 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

Choose SWE Dev 32B if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — SWE Dev 32B was listed 6 April 2025, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 11 November 2024.

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs SWE Dev 32B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and SWE Dev 32B
FieldQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructQwenSWE Dev 32BZai Org
ModelCap Index position#180#184
Index score15.914.7
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.66Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$1.00Unlisted
Context window33K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens29K—
API providers listed10
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed11 November 20246 April 2025
PublisherQwenZai Org

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · finetune of qwen/qwen-2.5-coder-32b-instruct · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs SWE Dev 32B

Public benchmark boards where Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or SWE Dev 32B has a published result
BoardQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructSWE Dev 32BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13421324–1361—Only one result
SWE-benchSWE-bench (Princeton / SWE-agent team)9.0%—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis3.5%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 32B":reasoning=false—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs SWE Dev 32B: common questions

Is Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct better than SWE Dev 32B?

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 15 September 2026: #180 against #184. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct cheaper than SWE Dev 32B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or SWE Dev 32B?

Both publish a 33K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or SWE Dev 32B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and SWE Dev 32B open-weight models?

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: Open weights. SWE Dev 32B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and SWE Dev 32B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and 0 for SWE Dev 32B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs SWE Dev 32B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 15 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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