Alibaba Qwen · General language
Qwen3-32B
The most widely deployed open Qwen3 dense model and a well-supported fine-tuning base; output $0.64 non-thinking. Newer 27B models beat it, but tooling maturity still favours it.
Open weights · Permissive (Apache, MIT, OpenMDW) · Data checked September 6, 2026 · Not a hands-on evaluation
Model ID qwen3-32b
- Parameters
- 32B dense
- Architecture
- Dense
- Context window
- 131,072 tokensMaximum input
- Max output
- 16,384 tokensPer response
- Input price
- $0.16 per 1M tokens
- Output price
- $0.64 per 1M tokens
- Cached input
- Not published
- Blended price
- $0.28 per 1M tokens3:1 input to output
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2025-03
- Released
- 2025-04
- Status
- ga
- Size band
- 15B to 40B
License and openness
Qwen3-32B is released under the Apache-2.0. This is a permissive license. It generally allows use, modification and redistribution, including commercial use, subject to attribution and notice requirements. License terms can change between versions; confirm the text published with the weights you download.
Capabilities
| Input modalities | text |
|---|---|
| Output modalities | text |
What it is for
Newer 27B models beat it, but tooling maturity still favours it.
At a three-to-one input-to-output ratio, Qwen3-32B costs $0.28 per million tokens blended. A workload of one million input and 330,000 output tokens per day would run about $11.14 per month at list price, before caching or batch discounts.
Cost at list price
| Input | $0.16 per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output | $0.64 per 1M tokens |
| Cached input | Not published |
| Blended, 3:1 | $0.28 per 1M tokens |
Sources
- Source: Alibaba Qwen pricing ↗
- API docs ↗
- Full reference record for Qwen3-32B ↗
- Alibaba Qwen in the reference ↗
Sources checked September 6, 2026. Specifications and prices change without notice; confirm against the provider before you commit.
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