Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 8B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 8B leads 34.9 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 56.1% for Qwen3 8B.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 59.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 136.17 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
Math Qwen3 8B leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 56.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3 8B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.