Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen3 14B
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3 14B in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 14B leads 38.6 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 17.8% for Qwen Plus and 66.4% for Qwen3 14B.
- Both cost about the same: $0.40 input and $1.20 output per million tokens.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen3 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 35.5 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 33K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 31.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen Plus: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41% |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | 49.1% |
| DTBench | 81.1% | 64% |
| LMCA | 24% | 18.2% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.23 |
Math Qwen3 14B leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | 66.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 63.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | — |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen3 14B?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3 14B?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 14B lists at $0.35 and $1.40.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen3 14B better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen3 14B share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.