Model comparison

Qwen-14B vs Qwen1.5-14B

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #273 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen-14B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 33.7 to 27.8.

Side by side

Qwen-14B and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
Qwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.832.1
Released2023-09-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1817

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding10721138

Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts10271113
BIG-Bench Hard55%—
Epoch Capabilities Index112.8—
LAMBADA71.1%—
PIQA79.9%—

Math Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math10681125
GSM8K61.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen-14B: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
MMLU66.3%68.6%
LMArena Expert—1094
ARC (AI2) Challenge84.4%—
BoolQ86.2%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English10421095
LMArena Chinese10771147
LMArena French—1115
LMArena German—1043
LMArena Japanese—1019
LMArena Russian—1046
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following10311102

Long Context Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query10291113

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text10511128
LMArena Creative Writing10281091
LMArena Multi-Turn10221110

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen-14B better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

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

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen-14B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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