# Qwen1.5-14B vs Sonar

> Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen1-5-14b-vs-sonar
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 33.7.
- Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 37.8 |
| Rank | 250 | 184 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)
- Sonar: 35.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1138 | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)
- Sonar: 20.3 (#221)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |

## Math

- Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)
- Sonar: 31.3 (#197)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1125 | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1094 | — |
| MMLU | 68.6% | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1095 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1147 | — |
| LMArena French | 1115 | — |
| LMArena German | 1043 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1019 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1085 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)
- Sonar: 71.5 (#146)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1102 | — |

## Long Context

- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1113 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)
- Sonar: 52.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-14B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1091 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1110 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen1.5-14B better than Sonar?

Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-14B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.