Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads with 4.3% higher average benchmark score. Llama 4 Scout supports multimodal inputs. Llama 4 Scout is available on 6 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Meta
Llama 4 Scout was created as an exploratory variant in the Llama 4 family, designed to investigate new architectures and optimization strategies. Built as part of Meta's commitment to advancing open-source AI, it serves as a testbed for innovations that may inform future model releases.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 14B was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability and efficiency for diverse language tasks. Built with 14 billion parameters, it provides strong performance for applications requiring reliable instruction-following without the resource demands of larger models.
6 months newer

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Llama 4 Scout
Meta
2025-04-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Llama 4 Scout

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 4 Scout
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Lambda
Novita

Llama 4 Scout

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Llama 4 Scout

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Together

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct