Model comparison

Qwen1.5-110B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-110B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 38.0.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-110B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct specifications
Qwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.238.1
Released2024-04-252025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked2025

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Coding11841412
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1275
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
BigCodeBench Instruct35%—
BigCodeBench Complete44.4%—
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen1.5-110B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11681372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%
ForecastBench57.7—

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math11851365

Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert11441338

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English11421346
LMArena Chinese12061357
LMArena French11511398
LMArena German11231325
LMArena Japanese10741310
LMArena Korean10441305
LMArena Russian11181366
LMArena Spanish11421360

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11581355

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11571378

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text11751357
LMArena Creative Writing11481333
LMArena Multi-Turn11601365

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-110B better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-110B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-110B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-110B has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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