GPT-5.3 Instant vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

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

GPT-5.3 Instant is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 87 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.3 Instant's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 78.7 against 14.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 83 to 17.

GPT-5.3 Instant is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen2.5-VL-32B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.3 Instant gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Qwen2.5-VL-32B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3 Instant if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen2.5-VL-32B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

82.9

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

33.5

86
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
82
BrowseComp
41
80
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

78.7

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

14.3

88
HumanEval
35
76
SWE-bench Verified
17
75
LiveCodeBench
11
83
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

95

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

52.2

95
MMMU-Pro
58
95
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

94.2

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

43.2

96
SimpleQA
41
94
MuSR
39
97
BBH
61
92
LongBench v2
42
94
MRCRv2
43

Knowledge

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

80.8

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

34.7

99
MMLU
43
98
GPQA
42
96
SuperGPQA
40
94
OpenBookQA
38
89
MMLU-Pro
53
44
HLE
2
92
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

96

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

67

96
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

93.4

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

60.4

96
MGSM
63
92
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

97.2

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

49.7

99
AIME 2023
43
99
AIME 2024
45
98
AIME 2025
44
95
HMMT Feb 2023
39
97
HMMT Feb 2024
41
96
HMMT Feb 2025
40
96
BRUMO 2025
42
98
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant is ahead overall, 87 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 83 and 17.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 versus 34.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.7 versus 14.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.2 versus 49.7. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 94.2 versus 43.2. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.9 versus 33.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 52.2. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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