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

> Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen-14B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads 41.8 to 27.8.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 32.9 |
| Rank | 273 | 239 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.66 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.4 (#328)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1072 | 1276 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 16.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 49% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 56.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 58% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 87.2% |
| MBPP+ | — | 77% |

## Reasoning

- Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 20.4 (#220)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1027 | 1251 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.8 | 119.41 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 42.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 49.9% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55% | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 83% |
| LAMBADA | 71.1% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.2% |
| PIQA | 79.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 80.8% |

## Math

- Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 30.8 (#203)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1068 | 1251 |
| GSM8K | 61.3% | 93% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 46.6% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen-14B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 32.9 (#200)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 84.4% | 70.5% |
| MMLU | 66.3% | 79.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1221 |
| BoolQ | 86.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1042 | 1205 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1077 | 1222 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1228 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.6 (#240)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1031 | 1223 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.7% |

## Long Context

- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.9 (#204)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1029 | 1251 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.8 (#235)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1051 | 1230 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1028 | 1174 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1022 | 1222 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 23.3% |

## FAQ

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

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.6 versus 22.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen-14B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.