Model comparison

Llama 2-13B vs Qwen1.5-7B

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.1

Rank #304 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen1.5-7B in 7 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 19.5 to 12.3.

Side by side

Llama 2-13B and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Llama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.130.8
Released2023-07-182024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3213

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding10621107

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts10511066
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench42.2%—
BIG-Bench Hard58.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index105.8—
HellaSwag80.7%—
LAMBADA76.5%—
PIQA80.8%—
WinoGrande72.8%—

Math Too close to call

Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math10651080
GSM8K36.9%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert10301055
MMLU55.6%62.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge60.3%—
BoolQ82.4%—
OpenBookQA57%—
TriviaQA79.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
ScienceQA55.8%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English10241058
LMArena Chinese10011140
LMArena Russian10551006
LMArena French1043—
LMArena German1009—
LMArena Japanese894—
LMArena Korean953—
LMArena Spanish1086—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following10461058

Long Context Too close to call

Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query10641090

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text10851084
LMArena Creative Writing10471035
LMArena Multi-Turn10501061

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-13B better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-13B or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Qwen1.5-7B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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