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GPT-5 Nano vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 Nano wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Nano
Context Window
GPT-5 Nano
Speed
GPT-5 Nano

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5 NanoQwen2.5 VL 32B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.05$0.05Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.22 Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$5000.00$25000.00 GPT-5 Nano
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is 33% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Nano Providers

OpenAI $0.05 (Cheapest)
Azure $0.05 (Cheapest)

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct Providers

Chutes $0.05 (Cheapest)
DeepInfra $0.20

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5 Nano Wins
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Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoQwen2.5 VL 32B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
26.713.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
20.3--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
83.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
78.069.7
GPQA
Graduate-level science
67.646.6
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
78.924.8
AIME
Competition math
-11.0-
GPT-5 Nano significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5 Nano
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
16,384
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
GPT-5 Nano has a 96% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5 NanoQwen2.5 VL 32B InstructWinner
Tokens/second141.5 tok/s0.0 tok/s
Time to First Token110.10s0.00s
GPT-5 Nano responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5 NanoQwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5 NanoQwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedAug 2025Mar 2025

GPT-5 Nano Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 Nano has cheaper input pricing at $0.05/M tokens. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.22/M tokens.
GPT-5 Nano scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 20.3, compared to Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct's score of N/A.
GPT-5 Nano has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct has a 16,384 token context window.
GPT-5 Nano supports vision. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports vision.