Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3 vs Qwen1.5-14B

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3 DeepSeek

39.2

Rank #157 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3 leads 57.6 to 33.7.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3 and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
DeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.232.1
Released2024-12-262024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output164K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.24—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked6017

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 41.9 (#99), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding13681138
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
SciCode35.8%—
WeirdML36.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct50%—
LiveBench Coding70.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete62.2%—
HumanEval+86.6%—
MBPP+73%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3: —, Qwen1.5-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
METR Time Horizons49.6%—

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3: 20.0 (#226), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts13651113
SimpleBench27.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
CritPt0%—
LiveBench Reasoning65.8%—
DTBench64.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA15.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard87.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.95—
ForecastBench59.1—
HellaSwag88.9%—
LiveBench66.9%—
PIQA84.7%—
WinoGrande85.2%—

Math Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3: 30.4 (#208), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math13731125
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
Omni-MATH40.3%—
LiveBench Math73.5%—
MATH Level 575.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 37.5 (#147), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert13521094
MMLU87.2%68.6%
GPQA Diamond67.6%—
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations26.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)53.8%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
TriviaQA82.9%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 48.8 (#138), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English13581095
LMArena Chinese13901147
LMArena French13861115
LMArena German13741043
LMArena Japanese13331019
LMArena Russian13721046
LMArena Spanish13581085
LMArena Korean1321—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 73.0 (#125), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following13451102
LiveBench Instruction Following81.5%—
IFEval83.2%—

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3: 34.0 (#248), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query13531113
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 57.6 (#124), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text13751128
LMArena Creative Writing13641091
LMArena Multi-Turn13891110
Short-Story Creative Writing77%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1472—
WildBench83%—
LiveBench Language49.1%—

Frequently asked questions

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

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

DeepSeek-V3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3 has 60 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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