Model comparison
Qwen-14B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen-14B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 27.6.
- Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2023-09-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1071 | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1027 | 1483 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 113.03 | — |
| LAMBADA | 71.1% | — |
| PIQA | 79.9% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1068 | 1474 |
| GSM8K | 61.3% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen-14B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 84.4% | — |
| BoolQ | 86.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1041 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1077 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1031 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1028 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1051 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1028 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1022 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen-14B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen-14B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen-14B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen-14B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.