# Qwen Max vs Qwen1.5-14B

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen-max-vs-qwen1-5-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 47.8 to 33.6.
- Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.7 | 32.7 |
| Rank | 230 | 253 |
| Context | 33K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.60 | — |
| Output $/M | $6.40 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | 1138 |
| Aider Polyglot | 21.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1269 | 1113 |

## Math

- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1275 | 1125 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 67.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1094 |
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| MMLU | — | 68.6% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1263 | 1095 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | 1147 |
| LMArena French | 1330 | 1116 |
| LMArena German | 1254 | 1043 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1205 | 1019 |
| LMArena Russian | 1274 | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | 1085 |
| LMArena Korean | 1142 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1262 | 1102 |

## Long Context

- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1288 | 1113 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1128 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1248 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | 1110 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen Max better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen Max or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.1 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.