Chinese tech giant Alibaba has introduced QwQ-32, a reasoning-focused AI model. With 32 billion parameters, it is reportedly capable of competing with advanced solutions such as DeepSeek-R1, which has 671 billion parameters.

Today, we release QwQ-32B, our new reasoning model with only 32 billion parameters that rivals cutting-edge reasoning model, e.g., DeepSeek-R1.

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— Qwen (@Alibaba_Qwen) March 5, 2025

Alibaba has integrated agent-based capabilities and critical thinking into the neural network. QwQ-32 performs comparably to models from DeepSeek and OpenAI across various benchmarks assessing mathematical abilities, programming skills, and general problem-solving proficiency.

The new AI model is available in Qwen Chat, where users can choose different models, including the most powerful version, Qwen2.5-Max.

Alibaba’s stock surged 8% during trading on March 5 following the announcement.

In November 2024, Alibaba introduced the reasoning-focused AI model QwQ-32B-Preview.

Previously, the company launched the Qwen2-Math AI model series, which reportedly outperforms GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 in mathematical reasoning.