Model comparison

Llama 2-13B vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 12.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 42.2% for Llama 2-13B and 77.1% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 2-13B and Qwen3.6 Flash specifications
Llama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.638.8
Released2023-07-182026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.19
Output $ / M tokens—$1.13
Results tracked3213

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Coding1062—
ALE-Bench—326.4

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles0%20%
DTBench42.2%77.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index106.17143.26
SimpleBench—35.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts1051—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
LMCA—31%
BIG-Bench Hard58.2%—
HellaSwag80.7%—
LAMBADA76.5%—
PIQA80.8%—
WinoGrande72.8%—

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—84.4%
LMArena Math1065—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%
GSM8K36.9%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond—83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
LMArena Expert1030—
ARC (AI2) Challenge60.3%—
BoolQ82.4%—
MMLU55.6%—
OpenBookQA57%—
TriviaQA79.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
ScienceQA55.8%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1024—
LMArena Chinese1001—
LMArena French1044—
LMArena German1009—
LMArena Japanese894—
LMArena Korean953—
LMArena Russian1055—
LMArena Spanish1087—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1045—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1064—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1084—
LMArena Creative Writing1047—
LMArena Multi-Turn1050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-13B better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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