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Model comparison

Qwen1.5 4b Chat vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.3

Rank #319 Confirmed

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

37.7

Rank #186 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5 4b Chat 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 55.5 to 23.9.

Side by side

Qwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.337.7
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked1325

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Coding9991413
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 4b Chat: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts9761372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math10261364

Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert9801337

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English9791345
LMArena Chinese10241356
LMArena German9021324
LMArena Russian9521367
LMArena French—1394
LMArena Japanese—1309
LMArena Korean—1307
LMArena Spanish—1360

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following9791356

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query9881379

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

Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)

BenchmarkQwen1.5 4b ChatQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text9971356
LMArena Creative Writing9691333
LMArena Multi-Turn9771365

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5 4b Chat better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5 4b Chat or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5 4b Chat and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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