GPT-4 Turbo vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
GPT-4 Turbo leads the LLM Stats Score 9.6 to 4.3.
OpenAI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
GPT-4 Turbo leads the overall LLM Stats Score 9.6 to 4.3, ranking #250 overall.
In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, GPT-4 Turbo wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose GPT-4 Turbo
- overall performance matters — it scores 9.6 and ranks #250 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 4 exact shared results
Choose Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2024
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
6 reported for GPT-4 Turbo · 16 for Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
GPT-4 Turbo outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU), while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MATH).
GPT-4 Turbo shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only GPT-4 Turbo specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only GPT-4 Turbo specifies output context (4,096 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
GPT-4 Turbo is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-4 Turbo was released on 2024-04-09, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is 5 months newer than GPT-4 Turbo.
Apr 9, 2024
2.4 years ago
Sep 19, 2024
1.9 years ago
5mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-4 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm GPT-4 Turbo's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 14B Instruct's cutoff date.
Dec 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against GPT-4 Turbo and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about GPT-4 Turbo vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.