Model comparison

Qwen3-1.7B vs Qwen3 14B

Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-1.7B Alibaba (Qwen)

26.6

Rank #336 Reported

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.5

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-1.7B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 14B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 14B leads 38.6 to 16.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 8.1% for Qwen3-1.7B and 66.4% for Qwen3 14B.

Side by side

Qwen3-1.7B and Qwen3 14B specifications
Qwen3-1.7BQwen3 14B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index26.635.5
Released2025-04-292025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$1.40
Results tracked412

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-1.7BQwen3 14B
SciCode—31.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 14B leads

Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115), Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-1.7BQwen3 14B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard28.4%41%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-1.7BQwen3 14B
Chess Puzzles0%4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.1%
CritPt—0%
DTBench—64%
LMCA—18.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.23

Math Qwen3 14B leads

Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-1.7BQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20258.1%66.4%

Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads

Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-1.7BQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond38%63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.4%

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-1.7BQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-1.7B better than Qwen3 14B?

Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-1.7B and Qwen3 14B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-1.7B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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