# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen-14B

> Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-qwen-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen-14B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen-14B leads 52.4 to 38.7.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 31.4 |
| Rank | 342 | 275 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)
- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1071 |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)
- Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1027 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 113.03 |
| PIQA | 75.4% | 79.9% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)
- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1068 |
| GSM8K | — | 61.3% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | 84.4% |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | 86.2% |
| MMLU | 26.2% | 66.3% |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)
- Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1041 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1077 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)
- Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1031 |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1028 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)
- Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1022 |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen-14B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.