Model comparison

Palm 2 vs Qwen-14B

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Palm 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen-14B in 7 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen-14B leads 27.7 to 21.1.
  • Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Palm 2 and Qwen-14B specifications
Palm 2Qwen-14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.430.8
Released—2023-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1018

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Qwen-14B leads

Palm 2: 28.5 (#306), Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
LMArena Coding9951072

Reasoning Too close to call

Palm 2: 18.2 (#270), Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts10051027
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
Epoch Capabilities Index—112.8
LAMBADA—71.1%
PIQA—79.9%

Math Too close to call

Palm 2: 28.4 (#229), Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
LMArena Math10491068
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Palm 2: —, Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%
MMLU—66.3%

Multilingual Qwen-14B leads

Palm 2: 21.1 (#290), Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
LMArena Non-English9161042
LMArena Chinese8871077

Instruction Following Qwen-14B leads

Palm 2: 51.3 (#291), Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following10101031

Long Context Too close to call

Palm 2: 30.7 (#280), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query10101029

Writing & Preference Qwen-14B leads

Palm 2: 25.7 (#299), Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Qwen-14B
LMArena Text10271051
LMArena Creative Writing9911028
LMArena Multi-Turn9941022

Frequently asked questions

Is Palm 2 better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Palm 2 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.6 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen-14B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

Related comparisons

Go deeper