Model comparison

Qwen1.5-14B vs Qwen2-72B

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-14B scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2-72B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 29.3 to 21.2.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen2-72B specifications
Qwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.129.5
Released2024-02-042024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1726

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding11381196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts11131191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.27

Math Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Math11251235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Expert10941171
MMLU68.6%82.4%
GPQA Diamond—40.8%

Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English10951176
LMArena Chinese11471240
LMArena French11151169
LMArena German10431151
LMArena Japanese10191111
LMArena Russian10461169
LMArena Spanish10851168
LMArena Korean—1083

Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following11021181

Long Context Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query11131193

Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen2-72B
LMArena Text11281203
LMArena Creative Writing10911181
LMArena Multi-Turn11101195

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-14B better than Qwen2-72B?

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-14B or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen2-72B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-14B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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