Model comparison

Llama 2-13B vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where QwQ-32B leads 50.6 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 0% for Llama 2-13B and 5% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

Llama 2-13B and QwQ-32B specifications
Llama 2-13BQwQ-32B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.639.8
Released2023-07-182024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3236

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding10621333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
Chess Puzzles0%5%
LMArena Hard Prompts10511325
Epoch Capabilities Index106.17137.6
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
DTBench42.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
BIG-Bench Hard58.2%—
ForecastBench—58.3
HellaSwag80.7%—
LAMBADA76.5%—
LiveBench—72%
PIQA80.8%—
WinoGrande72.8%—

Math QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
LMArena Math10651359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%
GSM8K36.9%—

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
LMArena Expert10301324
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge60.3%—
BoolQ82.4%—
MMLU55.6%—
OpenBookQA57%—
TriviaQA79.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: —, QwQ-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
ScienceQA55.8%—

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English10241305
LMArena Chinese10011378
LMArena French10441336
LMArena German10091313
LMArena Japanese8941262
LMArena Korean9531279
LMArena Russian10551297
LMArena Spanish10871354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following10451297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query10641308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BQwQ-32B
LMArena Text10841329
LMArena Creative Writing10471288
LMArena Multi-Turn10501314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-13B better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-13B or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and QwQ-32B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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