Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Qwen-14B

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen-14B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen-14B leads 52.4 to 36.7.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Qwen-14B specifications
Llama 13bQwen-14B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.431.4
Released2023-02-242023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2118

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Category by category

Coding Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Coding6831071

Reasoning Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281027
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%55%
Epoch Capabilities Index100.58113.03
LAMBADA75.2%71.1%
PIQA80.1%79.9%
HellaSwag79.2%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Math8381068
GSM8K20.6%61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%84.4%
BoolQ78.7%86.2%
MMLU47.7%66.3%
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Non-English8191041
LMArena Chinese—1077

Instruction Following Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following7811031

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query—1028

Writing & Preference Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Text8341051
LMArena Creative Writing7941028
LMArena Multi-Turn7531022

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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