Model comparison
Llama 13b vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 13.8.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 13b | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2023-02-24 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |
Math Llama 13b leads
Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 13b better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 13b or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen Plus share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.