Model comparison
Llama 2-13B vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Plus in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 29.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 42.2% for Llama 2-13B and 81.1% for Qwen Plus.
- Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1062 | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1051 | 1317 |
| DTBench | 42.2% | 81.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 58.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 106.17 | — |
| HellaSwag | 80.7% | — |
| LAMBADA | 76.5% | — |
| PIQA | 80.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 72.8% | — |
Math Llama 2-13B leads
Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1065 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
| GSM8K | 36.9% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1030 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.4% | — |
| MMLU | 55.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 57% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: —, Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 55.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1024 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1001 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 894 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1055 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1044 | — |
| LMArena German | 1009 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 953 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1087 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1045 | 1303 |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1064 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1084 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1047 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1050 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-13B better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-13B or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Qwen Plus share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.