Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Qwen Max

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 47.8 to 28.0.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Qwen Max specifications
Llama 2-7BQwen Max
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.134.7
Released2023-07-182024-04-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—33K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.60
Output $ / M tokens—$6.40
Results tracked2923

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Coding10021288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts10091269
Chess Puzzles0%—
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index99.06—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Llama 2-7B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Math10421275
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.1%
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Qwen Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Expert10361248
GPQA Diamond—56.1%
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
MMLU45.8%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
ScienceQA43.1%—

Multilingual Qwen Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Non-English9731263
LMArena Chinese9731254
LMArena French9701330
LMArena German9781254
LMArena Russian9951274
LMArena Spanish10071290
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1142

Instruction Following Qwen Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following10061262

Long Context Qwen Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query9991288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen Max
LMArena Text10531282
LMArena Creative Writing10331248
LMArena Multi-Turn10291277

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-7B or Qwen Max better for coding?

Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Qwen Max share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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