Model comparison

Qwen1.5-7B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

29.7

Rank #291 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 29.0 to 15.3.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-7B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Qwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.829.7
Released2024-02-042024-09
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

Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.1 (#165)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding1107—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 18.5 (#262)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1066—
Epoch Capabilities Index—128.52

Math Qwen1.5-7B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 15.3 (#289)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math1080—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Qwen1.5-7B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#259)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
LMArena Expert1055—
MMLU62.6%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1058—
LMArena Chinese1140—
LMArena Russian1006—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1058—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1090—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1084—
LMArena Creative Writing1035—
LMArena Multi-Turn1061—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-7B better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-7B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-7B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

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

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