Model comparison

Qwen1.5-14B vs Qwen2.5-Max

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-14B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 55.4 to 33.6.
  • Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
Qwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.740.7
Released2024-02-042025-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1727

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding11381359
LiveBench Coding—64.4%

Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts11131360
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—132.53
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math11251369
LiveBench Math—58.4%

Knowledge Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert10941337
Confabulations—21.8%
MMLU68.6%—

Multilingual Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English10951352
LMArena Chinese11471382
LMArena French11161396
LMArena German10431350
LMArena Japanese10191300
LMArena Russian10461353
LMArena Spanish10851377
LMArena Korean—1304

Instruction Following Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following11021335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query11131358

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Max leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text11281367
LMArena Creative Writing10911339
LMArena Multi-Turn11101364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-14B better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-14B or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen2.5-Max share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-14B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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