Model comparison
Qwen-14B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen-14B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 64.0 to 27.8.
- Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 51.1 |
| Released | 2023-09-24 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1072 | 1472 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen-14B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1027 | 1457 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.8 | 149.27 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55% | — |
| LAMBADA | 71.1% | — |
| PIQA | 79.9% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1068 | 1465 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
| GSM8K | 61.3% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen-14B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1476 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 84.4% | — |
| BoolQ | 86.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1042 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1077 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1452 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1031 | 1437 |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1029 | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1051 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1028 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1022 | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen-14B better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen-14B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen-14B and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen-14B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.