Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen1.5-14B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

38.1

Rank #190 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-14B 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 33.6.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.738.1
Released2024-02-042025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked1725

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Coding11381412
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1275
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen1.5-14B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11131372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math11251365

Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert10941338
MMLU68.6%—

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English10951346
LMArena Chinese11471357
LMArena French11161398
LMArena German10431325
LMArena Japanese10191310
LMArena Russian10461366
LMArena Spanish10851360
LMArena Korean—1305

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11021355

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11131378

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

Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-14BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text11281357
LMArena Creative Writing10911333
LMArena Multi-Turn11101365

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-14B better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-14B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-14B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-14B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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