Model comparison

Llama 13b vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where QwQ-32B leads 50.6 to 13.8.

Side by side

Llama 13b and QwQ-32B specifications
Llama 13bQwQ-32B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.439.8
Released2023-02-242024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2136

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding6831333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281325
Epoch Capabilities Index100.58137.6
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%—
ForecastBench—58.3
HellaSwag79.2%—
LAMBADA75.2%—
LiveBench—72%
PIQA80.1%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math QwQ-32B leads

Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
LMArena Math8381359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%
GSM8K20.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%
LMArena Expert—1324
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%—
BoolQ78.7%—
MMLU47.7%—
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, QwQ-32B: —

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

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English8191305
LMArena Chinese—1378
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279
LMArena Russian—1297
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following7811297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1308

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwQ-32B
LMArena Text8341329
LMArena Creative Writing7941288
LMArena Multi-Turn7531314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and QwQ-32B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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