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Model comparison

Qwen1.5 4b Chat vs Qwen3-1.7B

Qwen1.5 4b Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.8 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Qwen3-1.7B Alibaba (Qwen)

26.6

Rank #336 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads 30.4 to 16.3.

Side by side

Qwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.826.6
Released—2025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked134

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308), Qwen3-1.7B: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Coding999—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.4%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts976—

Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—8.1%
LMArena Math1026—

Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond—38%
LMArena Expert980—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290), Qwen3-1.7B: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English979—
LMArena Chinese1024—
LMArena German902—
LMArena Russian952—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300), Qwen3-1.7B: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following978—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290), Qwen3-1.7B: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query988—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309), Qwen3-1.7B: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text997—
LMArena Creative Writing969—
LMArena Multi-Turn977—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5 4b Chat better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Qwen1.5 4b Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.8 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5 4b Chat and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.

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