Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Qwen1.5-14B

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 21.4.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.332.7
Released2026-04-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4817

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14701138
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14611113
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math14551125
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert14641094
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14391095
LMArena Chinese14861147
LMArena French14721116
LMArena German14581043
LMArena Japanese14451019
LMArena Russian14531046
LMArena Spanish14581085
LMArena Korean1447—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14481102

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14581113
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14511128
LMArena Creative Writing14461091
LMArena Multi-Turn14671110
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Qwen1.5-14B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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