Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Qwen1.5-7B

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 54.1 to 36.7.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Llama 13bQwen1.5-7B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.431.4
Released2023-02-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2113

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding6831107

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281065
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index100.58—
HellaSwag79.2%—
LAMBADA75.2%—
PIQA80.1%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math8381080
GSM8K20.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
MMLU47.7%62.6%
LMArena Expert—1055
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%—
BoolQ78.7%—
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English8191058
LMArena Chinese—1141
LMArena Russian—1006

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following7811058

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query—1090

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text8341083
LMArena Creative Writing7941035
LMArena Multi-Turn7531062

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.2 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen1.5-7B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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