Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Qwen-14B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.9

Rank #68 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 62.5 to 27.8.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Qwen-14B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index44.930.8
Released2025-09-292023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.26—
Output $ / M tokens$0.38—
Results tracked4818

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.4 (#61), Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
LMArena Coding14541072
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
SciCode38.9%—
WeirdML39.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 37.9 (#31), Qwen-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.0 (#185), Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14331027
Epoch Capabilities Index146.28112.8
ARC-AGI-24%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Thematic Generalization65%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA29.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
LAMBADA—71.1%
PIQA—79.9%

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 40.8 (#75), Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
LMArena Math14351068
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.6 (#61), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
GPQA Diamond83.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%—
LMArena Expert1436—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%
MMLU—66.3%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.4 (#85), Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
LMArena Non-English14091042
LMArena Chinese14611077
LMArena French1435—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1377—
LMArena Korean1372—
LMArena Russian1423—
LMArena Spanish1441—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.7 (#89), Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14131031

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#15), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query14281029
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.5 (#73), Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen-14B
LMArena Text14251051
LMArena Creative Writing14031028
LMArena Multi-Turn14271022
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Qwen-14B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen-14B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Qwen-14B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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