GPT-4o mini vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-4o mini has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 43 versus 41. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-4o mini's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 87.2 against 21. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 87.2 to 35.

GPT-4o mini gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Qwen2.5-VL-32B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4o mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen2.5-VL-32B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

82

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

36.3

82
MMLU
43
-
GPQA
42
-
SuperGPQA
40
-
OpenBookQA
38
-
MMLU-Pro
53
-
HLE
2

Coding

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

87.2

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

21

87.2
HumanEval
35
-
SWE-bench Verified
17
-
LiveCodeBench
11

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-VL-32B
-
AIME 2023
43
-
AIME 2024
45
-
AIME 2025
44
-
HMMT Feb 2023
39
-
HMMT Feb 2024
41
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HMMT Feb 2025
40
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BRUMO 2025
42
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MATH-500
59

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-VL-32B
-
SimpleQA
41
-
MuSR
39
-
BBH
61

Instruction Following

Qwen2.5-VL-32B
-
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

87

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

63

87
MGSM
63

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4o mini or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-4o mini is ahead overall, 43 to 41. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 87.2 and 35.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4o mini or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 36.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4o mini or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 21. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4o mini or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 63. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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