Model comparison

Qwen1.5 4b Chat vs Qwen3-4B

Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.3

Rank #319 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 26.2.

Side by side

Qwen1.5 4b Chat and Qwen3-4B specifications
Qwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.331.5
Released—2025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked136

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
LMArena Coding999—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts976—

Math Too close to call

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233), Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%
LMArena Math1026—

Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%
LMArena Expert980—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285), Qwen3-4B: —

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

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following979—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query988—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-4B
LMArena Text997—
LMArena Creative Writing969—
LMArena Multi-Turn977—

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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