Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Qwen1.5-14B

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 56.8 to 36.7.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
Llama 13bQwen1.5-14B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.432.7
Released2023-02-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2117

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding6831138

Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281113
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index100.58—
HellaSwag79.2%—
LAMBADA75.2%—
PIQA80.1%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math8381125
GSM8K20.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
MMLU47.7%68.6%
LMArena Expert—1094
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%—
BoolQ78.7%—
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English8191095
LMArena Chinese—1147
LMArena French—1116
LMArena German—1043
LMArena Japanese—1019
LMArena Russian—1046
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following7811102

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query—1113

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text8341128
LMArena Creative Writing7941091
LMArena Multi-Turn7531110

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.1 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-14B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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