Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Qwen1.5-32B

Qwen1.5-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

23.9

Rank #344 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen1.5-32B leads 58.0 to 36.9.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
Llama 13bQwen1.5-32B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index23.930.0
Released2023-02-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2121

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-32B leads

Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.1 (#278)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Coding6831155
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—42%

Reasoning Qwen1.5-32B leads

Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327), Qwen1.5-32B: 20.9 (#210)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281131
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index100.09—
HellaSwag79.2%—
LAMBADA75.2%—
PIQA80.1%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Qwen1.5-32B leads

Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259), Qwen1.5-32B: 30.5 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math8381155
GSM8K20.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#291)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
MMLU47.7%74.4%
GPQA Diamond—30.7%
LMArena Expert—1126
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%—
BoolQ78.7%—
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-32B leads

Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.6 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English8191106
LMArena Chinese—1176
LMArena French—1100
LMArena German—1058
LMArena Japanese—1027
LMArena Korean—1007
LMArena Russian—1073
LMArena Spanish—1089

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-32B leads

Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300), Qwen1.5-32B: 58.0 (#260)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following7811116

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#241)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query—1146

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-32B leads

Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.4 (#266)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text8341137
LMArena Creative Writing7941083
LMArena Multi-Turn7531140

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Qwen1.5-32B?

Qwen1.5-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.1 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-32B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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