# Qwen-14B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

> Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen-14b-vs-qwen2-5-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen-14B scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen-14B leads 31.2 to 16.2.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 30.1 |
| Rank | 275 | 297 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| LMArena Coding | 1071 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |

## Reasoning

- Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 113.03 | 128.52 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1027 | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55% | — |
| LAMBADA | 71.1% | — |
| PIQA | 79.9% | — |

## Math

- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1068 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
| GSM8K | 61.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen-14B: —
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 84.4% | — |
| BoolQ | 86.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1041 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1077 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1031 | — |

## Long Context

- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1028 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1051 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1028 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1022 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen-14B better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen-14B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen-14B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen-14B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.