# Qwen3 14B vs Qwen3.6 Flash

> Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-14b-vs-qwen3-6-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 6

## Summary

- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3 14B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 18.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 63.8% for Qwen3 14B and 83.3% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
- Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $1.40 for Qwen3 14B.
- Qwen3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen3 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.5 | 38.8 |
| Rank | 225 | 182 |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.35 | $0.19 |
| Output $/M | $1.40 | $1.13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 31.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 41% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | 20% |
| DTBench | 64% | 77.1% |
| LMCA | 18.2% | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 138.23 | 143.26 |
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 49.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |

## Math

- Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 66.4% | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 63.8% | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 62.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3 14B better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Qwen3 14B or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens; Qwen3 14B lists at $0.35 and $1.40.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3 14B and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 14B has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.