Model comparison

Qwen Plus vs Qwen1.5-110B

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

36.7

Rank #204 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.6

Rank #231 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.4 to 38.1.
  • Qwen1.5-110B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen Plus and Qwen1.5-110B specifications
Qwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.733.6
Released2024-01-252024-04-25
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked2020

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163), Qwen1.5-110B: 32.4 (#260)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Coding13281184
BigCodeBench Instruct—35%
BigCodeBench Complete—44.4%

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101), Qwen1.5-110B: 21.7 (#192)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts13171168
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.3%—
DTBench81.1%—
LMCA24%—
ForecastBench—57.7

Math Qwen1.5-110B leads

Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.1 (#199)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math13261185
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202517.8%—
MATH Level 565.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Qwen1.5-110B leads

Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245), Qwen1.5-110B: 30.7 (#217)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert13281144
GPQA Diamond48.1%—

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.8 (#245)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English13101142
LMArena Chinese13471206
LMArena Japanese12511074
LMArena Russian13231118
LMArena French—1150
LMArena German—1123
LMArena Korean—1044
LMArena Spanish—1141

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.6 (#247)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following13031158

Long Context Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.0 (#237)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query13251157

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.1 (#250)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text13261175
LMArena Creative Writing12931148
LMArena Multi-Turn13361160

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen Plus or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen1.5-110B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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