Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Qwen1.5-72B

Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #285 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen1.5-72B leads 37.3 to 13.8.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-72B specifications
Llama 13bQwen1.5-72B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.430.8
Released2023-02-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2122

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-72B leads

Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Coding6831165
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.3%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—61.6%

Reasoning Qwen1.5-72B leads

Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281148
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index100.58—
HellaSwag79.2%—
LAMBADA75.2%—
PIQA80.1%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Qwen1.5-72B leads

Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Math8381164
GSM8K20.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
GPQA Diamond—28.8%
LMArena Expert—1136
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%—
BoolQ78.7%—
MMLU47.7%—
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-72B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-72B leads

Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Non-English8191135
LMArena Chinese—1186
LMArena French—1159
LMArena German—1084
LMArena Japanese—1061
LMArena Korean—1050
LMArena Russian—1104
LMArena Spanish—1110

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-72B leads

Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Instruction Following7811141

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Longer Query—1157

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-72B leads

Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Text8341166
LMArena Creative Writing7941137
LMArena Multi-Turn7531160

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Qwen1.5-72B?

Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-72B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.9 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-72B share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.

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