Model comparison

Qwen1.5-14B vs Qwen3-1.7B

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Qwen3-1.7B Alibaba (Qwen)

26.6

Rank #336 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 32.4 to 16.3.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
Qwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.726.6
Released2024-02-042025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked174

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Coding1138—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.4%

Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—

Math Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—8.1%
LMArena Math1125—

Knowledge Qwen1.5-14B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond—38%
LMArena Expert1094—
MMLU68.6%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English1095—
LMArena Chinese1147—
LMArena French1116—
LMArena German1043—
LMArena Japanese1019—
LMArena Russian1046—
LMArena Spanish1085—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following1102—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query1113—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text1128—
LMArena Creative Writing1091—
LMArena Multi-Turn1110—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-14B better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-14B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.

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