Model comparison
Llama 13b vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 13.8.
Side by side
| Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2023-02-24 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1365 |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1338 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1357 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena German | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1355 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 13b better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 13b or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.