Model comparison

Qwen1.5-14B vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.2

Rank #117 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 29.8.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
Qwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.742.2
Released2024-02-042026-04-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$3.60
Results tracked1711

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
SciCode—37.3%
LMArena Coding1138—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
CritPt—0.9%
Chess Puzzles—22%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
DTBench—78.1%
LMCA—34.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.5

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
LMArena Math1125—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond—85.9%
LMArena Expert1094—
MMLU68.6%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
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), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following1102—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query1113—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1128—
LMArena Creative Writing1091—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1110—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-14B better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-14B or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen3.6 27B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-14B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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