QwQ Base on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means
QwQ Base scores 64.0 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #319 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on LiveCodeBench, with QwQ Base highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 2 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 5 | Grok 4 Turbo | xAI | 1000000 | $19.21 | 86.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 8 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On LiveCodeBench, QwQ Base sits at #319 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 21.1 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts QwQ Base below the midpoint.
Alibaba Cloud models average 64.0 on this benchmark. QwQ Base is 0.0 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Alibaba Cloud model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 70.3. QwQ Base is 6.3 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 64.0 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $3.68 per million input tokens, QwQ Base is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on LiveCodeBench. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixtral Turbo Chat | Together AI | 32768 | $3.02 | 71.7 |
| DBRX | Databricks | 65536 | $3.29 | 73.3 |
| Llama 3 Baseten Chat | Baseten | 200000 | $3.55 | 73.2 |
| Llama 3 Hyperbolic | Hyperbolic | 65536 | $3.86 | 74.5 |
| QwQ Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $3.68 | 74.1 |
| Firesearch Pro | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $7.67 | 70.4 |
| Firesearch Reasoning | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $7.74 | 69.0 |
Other benchmarks for QwQ Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.5 | 263 | 56th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.9 | 268 | 55th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 65.2 | 211 | 65th | |
| HumanEval | 77.0 | 308 | 49th | |
| MATH-500 | 77.5 | 266 | 56th | |
| AIME 2025 | 66.2 | 326 | 46th | |
| IFEval | 81.2 | 303 | 50th | |
| TruthfulQA | 79.8 | 190 | 68th | |
| HellaSwag | 86.4 | 201 | 67th | |
| MMMU | 70.0 | 304 | 49th | |
| Arena Elo | 1373.8 | 300 | 50th |
FAQ
What score does QwQ Base get on LiveCodeBench?
QwQ Base scores 64.0 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.
How does QwQ Base rank on LiveCodeBench?
It ranks #319 of 600 models, in the 47th percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Is QwQ Base good at LiveCodeBench?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the LiveCodeBench score calculated?
LiveCodeBench is a coding benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does QwQ Base cost?
QwQ Base costs $3.68 per million input tokens and $15.98 per million output tokens.