Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 64.3 to 13.8.
  • Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
Llama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.445.3
Released2023-02-242026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked2132

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding6831473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts7281460
Epoch Capabilities Index100.58147.37
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%—
HellaSwag79.2%—
LAMBADA75.2%—
PIQA80.1%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Math8381466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
GSM8K20.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond—87.9%
LMArena Expert—1467
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%—
BoolQ78.7%—
MMLU47.7%—
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English8191445
LMArena Chinese—1510
LMArena French—1473
LMArena German—1471
LMArena Japanese—1413
LMArena Korean—1415
LMArena Russian—1457
LMArena Spanish—1457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following7811440

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query—1455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text8341455
LMArena Creative Writing7941439
LMArena Multi-Turn7531460

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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