Model comparison

Llama 2-13B vs Qwen1.5-14B

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 21.4 to 12.8.

Side by side

Llama 2-13B and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
Llama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.632.7
Released2023-07-182024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3217

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding10621138

Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts10511113
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench42.2%—
BIG-Bench Hard58.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index106.17—
HellaSwag80.7%—
LAMBADA76.5%—
PIQA80.8%—
WinoGrande72.8%—

Math Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math10651125
GSM8K36.9%—

Knowledge Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert10301094
MMLU55.6%68.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge60.3%—
BoolQ82.4%—
OpenBookQA57%—
TriviaQA79.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: —, Qwen1.5-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
ScienceQA55.8%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English10241095
LMArena Chinese10011147
LMArena French10441116
LMArena German10091043
LMArena Japanese8941019
LMArena Russian10551046
LMArena Spanish10871085
LMArena Korean953—

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following10451102

Long Context Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query10641113

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text10841128
LMArena Creative Writing10471091
LMArena Multi-Turn10501110

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-13B better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-13B or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.1 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Qwen1.5-14B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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