Model comparison

Qwen1.5 4b Chat vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

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Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads 30.4 to 16.2.

Side by side

Qwen1.5 4b Chat and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Qwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.830.1
Released—2024-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked137

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding999—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts976—
Epoch Capabilities Index—128.52

Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math1026—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
LMArena Expert980—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English979—
LMArena Chinese1024—
LMArena German902—
LMArena Russian952—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following978—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query988—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text997—
LMArena Creative Writing969—
LMArena Multi-Turn977—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5 4b Chat better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5 4b Chat or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5 4b Chat and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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