Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Qwen1.5-14B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.9

Rank #68 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 62.5 to 33.7.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index44.932.1
Released2025-09-292024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.26—
Output $ / M tokens$0.38—
Results tracked4817

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.4 (#61), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14541138
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), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
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), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14331113
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%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.28—

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 40.8 (#75), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math14351125
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.6 (#61), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert14361094
GPQA Diamond83.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.4 (#85), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14091095
LMArena Chinese14611147
LMArena French14351115
LMArena German14401043
LMArena Japanese13771019
LMArena Russian14231046
LMArena Spanish14411085
LMArena Korean1372—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.7 (#89), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14131102

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#15), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14281113
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.5 (#73), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14251128
LMArena Creative Writing14031091
LMArena Multi-Turn14271110
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Qwen1.5-14B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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