Model comparison

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

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.9

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-7B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads 41.8 to 29.8.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-7B and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B specifications
Qwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.832.9
Released2024-02-042024-09-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—33K
Max output—29K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.66
Output $ / M tokens—$1
Results tracked1331

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-7B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.4 (#328)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Coding11071276
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—9%
Aider Polyglot—16.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—49%
LiveBench Coding—56.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—58%
HumanEval+—87.2%
MBPP+—77%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 20.4 (#220)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts10661251
LiveBench Reasoning—42.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—119.41
HellaSwag—83%
LiveBench—46.2%
WinoGrande—80.8%

Math Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 30.8 (#203)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Math10801251
LiveBench Math—46.6%
GSM8K—93%

Knowledge Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 32.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Expert10551221
MMLU62.6%79.1%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—70.5%

Multilingual Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#230)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Non-English10581205
LMArena Chinese11401222
LMArena Russian10061228

Instruction Following Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.6 (#240)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Instruction Following10581223
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.7%

Long Context Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.9 (#204)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Longer Query10901251

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.8 (#235)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Text10841230
LMArena Creative Writing10351174
LMArena Multi-Turn10611222
LiveBench Language—23.3%

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 22.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-7B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.

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