# Qwen2.5-Coder series open-sourced, 32B Instruct matches GPT-4o on coding

> Qwen open-sourced the Qwen2.5-Coder series. The 32B Instruct variant is claimed as the current SOTA open-source code model, matching GPT-4o's coding capabilities, with strong general and mathematical skills.

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|---|---|
| **Tool** | Qwen |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | announcement |
| **Published** | 2024-11-11 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 5/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | new-model, feature |

## What changed


- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct claimed as SOTA open-source code model, matching GPT-4o coding capabilities
- Also demonstrates strong general and mathematical skills
- Builds on two previously open-sourced 1.5B and 7B sizes


## Sources

- [blog_rss](https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen2.5-coder-family/) — retrieved 2026-08-11


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