Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Qwen1.5-14B

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #8 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.7 to 20.5.
  • Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
GPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index63.432.1
Released2026-04-232024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7117

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.3 (#13), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14941138
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1512—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#8), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14891113
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.25—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.5 (#9), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#14), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert15081094
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 47.1 (#11), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.5 (#19), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14671095
LMArena Chinese15351147
LMArena French14861115
LMArena German14781043
LMArena Japanese14981019
LMArena Russian14731046
LMArena Spanish14691085
LMArena Korean1461—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.7 (#18), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14791102

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14841113
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#13), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Qwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14711128
LMArena Creative Writing14551091
LMArena Multi-Turn14771110
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Qwen1.5-14B?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.3 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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