# Claude 2.1 vs Qwen3 14B

> Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.0 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-1-vs-qwen3-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 14B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 14B leads 37.0 to 9.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Claude 2.1 and 66.4% for Qwen3 14B.
- Qwen3 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 35.0 |
| Rank | 340 | 222 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2.1: 25.8 (#322)
- Qwen3 14B: 36.7 (#191)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 31.6% |
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude 2.1: —
- Qwen3 14B: 29.4 (#78)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41% |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2.1: 20.6 (#216)
- Qwen3 14B: 18.1 (#272)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 64% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.22 | 138.23 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMCA | — | 18.2% |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2.1: 9.6 (#309)
- Qwen3 14B: 37.0 (#102)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 66.4% |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2.1: 15.5 (#287)
- Qwen3 14B: 39.2 (#124)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 63.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.4% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |

## Long Context

- Claude 2.1: —
- Qwen3 14B: 38.0 (#201)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.5% |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2.1 better than Qwen3 14B?

Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.0 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 2.1 or Qwen3 14B better for coding?

Qwen3 14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 25.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Qwen3 14B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.