Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Qwen1.5-14B

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

48.8

Rank #47 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 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 GPT-5.1 leads 64.7 to 33.7.
  • Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
GPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index48.832.1
Released2025-11-132024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked6317

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.9 (#59), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14541138
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
SciCode43.3%—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 32.5 (#55), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.9 (#50), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14571113
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
CritPt4.9%—
Chess Puzzles32%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.66—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 50.3 (#45), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math14461125
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 50.5 (#65), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert14701094
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.0 (#17), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 54.0 (#51), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14311095
LMArena Chinese14951147
LMArena French14511115
LMArena German14391043
LMArena Japanese14531019
LMArena Russian14351046
LMArena Spanish14301085
LMArena Korean1401—

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 84.0 (#1), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14421102
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14481113
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 64.7 (#53), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14431128
LMArena Creative Writing14271091
LMArena Multi-Turn14491110
WildBench86.3%—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Qwen1.5-14B?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1 or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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