Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Llama 3-70B

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.1

Rank #87 Confirmed

Llama 3-70B Meta

28.5

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3-70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 37.5 to 12.0.
  • Llama 3-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Llama 3-70B specifications
ERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
ProviderBaiduMeta
Noometry Index43.128.5
Released—2024-04-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1931

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78), Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Coding14881206
BigCodeBench Instruct—43.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.5%
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—69%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
Cybench—5%
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209), Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14811195
Kagi LLM Benchmark—35.1%
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
DTBench—54.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122.91
ForecastBench—57.1
WinoGrande—83.5%

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96), Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Math14811218
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.3%
MATH Level 5—22.6%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Expert14911149
GPQA Diamond—40.6%
MMLU—79.3%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28), Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Non-English14551142
LMArena Chinese15071114
LMArena French14861231
LMArena German14701169
LMArena Japanese14221017
LMArena Korean14281017
LMArena Russian14591159
LMArena Spanish14721241

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35), Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Instruction Following14601194

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Longer Query14621174

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50), Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Llama 3-70B
LMArena Text14681221
LMArena Creative Writing14401210
LMArena Multi-Turn14711223

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Llama 3-70B?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or Llama 3-70B better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Llama 3-70B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.

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