Model comparison

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b vs Qwen2-72B

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #300 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2-72B in 5 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads 34.4 to 29.1.

Side by side

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b and Qwen2-72B specifications
Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.730.0
Released—2024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked1126

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Category by category

Coding Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 34.4 (#235), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding11831196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Too close to call

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 22.8 (#188), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts11741191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.28

Math Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 33.9 (#198), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
LMArena Math11951235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —, Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
LMArena Expert—1171
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Too close to call

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.4 (#246), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English11691176
LMArena Chinese11761240
LMArena Russian11931169
LMArena French—1170
LMArena German—1151
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1083
LMArena Spanish—1169

Instruction Following Too close to call

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 61.3 (#246), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following11741181

Long Context Too close to call

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.8 (#239), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query11811192

Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 39.7 (#245), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen2-72B
LMArena Text11931203
LMArena Creative Writing11821181
LMArena Multi-Turn11541196

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b better than Qwen2-72B?

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b and Qwen2-72B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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