Model comparison
Llama 2-13B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 29.8.
- Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1062 | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1051 | 1483 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 42.2% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 58.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 106.17 | — |
| HellaSwag | 80.7% | — |
| LAMBADA | 76.5% | — |
| PIQA | 80.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 72.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1065 | 1474 |
| GSM8K | 36.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1030 | 1489 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.4% | — |
| MMLU | 55.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 57% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 55.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1024 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1001 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1044 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1009 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 894 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 953 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1055 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1087 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1045 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1064 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1084 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1047 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1050 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-13B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-13B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.