Model comparison

Qwen-14B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen-14B scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen-14B leads 31.2 to 16.2.

Side by side

Qwen-14B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Qwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.430.1
Released2023-09-242024-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked187

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding1071—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Epoch Capabilities Index113.03128.52
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1027—
BIG-Bench Hard55%—
LAMBADA71.1%—
PIQA79.9%—

Math Qwen-14B leads

Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math1068—
MATH Level 5—56.1%
GSM8K61.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen-14B: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
ARC (AI2) Challenge84.4%—
BoolQ86.2%—
MMLU66.3%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1041—
LMArena Chinese1077—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1031—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1028—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen-14BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1051—
LMArena Creative Writing1028—
LMArena Multi-Turn1022—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen-14B better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen-14B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen-14B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen-14B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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