Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Qwen3 14B
Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 14B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 14B leads 38.6 to 10.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Claude 2.1 and 66.4% for Qwen3 14B.
- Qwen3 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 35.5 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 14B leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41% |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 64% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 138.23 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMCA | — | 18.2% |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Qwen3 14B leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 66.4% |
Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 63.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.4% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Qwen3 14B?
Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Qwen3 14B better for coding?
Qwen3 14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.3 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Qwen3 14B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.