# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen1.5-14B

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-vs-qwen1-5-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.8 to 33.7.
- Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 32.1 |
| Rank | 233 | 250 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | 1138 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1113 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1125 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1094 |
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| MMLU | — | 68.6% |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1095 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1147 |
| LMArena French | 1317 | 1115 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1043 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1019 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | 1085 |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1102 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1113 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1128 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1110 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 32.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.