Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Llama 2-7B

Llama 2-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.6 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

23.9

Rank #344 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

28.6

Rank #315 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 2-7B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Llama 2-7B leads 28.1 to 13.9.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Llama 2-7B specifications
Llama 13bLlama 2-7B
ProviderMetaMeta
Noometry Index23.928.6
Released2023-02-242023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked2129

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Category by category

Coding Llama 2-7B leads

Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332), Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
LMArena Coding6831002

Reasoning Llama 2-7B leads

Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327), Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281009
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%39.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index100.0998.54
HellaSwag79.2%77.2%
LAMBADA75.2%73.3%
PIQA80.1%78.8%
WinoGrande73%69.2%
Chess Puzzles—0%

Math Llama 2-7B leads

Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
LMArena Math8381042
GSM8K20.6%16.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%45.9%
BoolQ78.7%77.9%
MMLU47.7%45.8%
OpenBookQA56.4%58.6%
TriviaQA77.9%73.7%
LMArena Expert—1036

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
ScienceQA43.3%43.1%

Multilingual Llama 2-7B leads

Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292), Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English819973
LMArena Chinese—973
LMArena French—969
LMArena German—978
LMArena Russian—995
LMArena Spanish—1007

Instruction Following Llama 2-7B leads

Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300), Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following7811006

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query—999

Writing & Preference Llama 2-7B leads

Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307), Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bLlama 2-7B
LMArena Text8341053
LMArena Creative Writing7941033
LMArena Multi-Turn7531029

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Llama 2-7B?

Llama 2-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.6 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Llama 2-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.7 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Llama 2-7B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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