Model comparison

Llama 2-70B vs Qwen-14B

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen-14B in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen-14B leads 31.2 to 8.1.

Side by side

Llama 2-70B and Qwen-14B specifications
Llama 2-70BQwen-14B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.431.4
Released2023-07-182023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3518

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
LMArena Coding10791071

Reasoning Qwen-14B leads

Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts10731027
BIG-Bench Hard64.9%55%
Epoch Capabilities Index113.79113.03
LAMBADA78.9%71.1%
PIQA82.8%79.9%
DTBench41.6%—
CommonsenseQA 2.050%—
ForecastBench51.4—
HellaSwag85.3%—
WinoGrande80.2%—

Math Qwen-14B leads

Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
LMArena Math10911068
GSM8K69.6%61.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250%—
MATH Level 53.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%84.4%
BoolQ88.6%86.2%
MMLU69.9%66.3%
GPQA Diamond26.3%—
LMArena Expert1039—
OpenBookQA60.2%—
TriviaQA87.6%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
LMArena Non-English10451041
LMArena Chinese9951077
LMArena French1090—
LMArena German1041—
LMArena Japanese927—
LMArena Korean964—
LMArena Russian1083—
LMArena Spanish1143—

Instruction Following Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following10711031

Long Context Too close to call

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query10621028

Writing & Preference Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen-14B
LMArena Text11151051
LMArena Creative Writing10751028
LMArena Multi-Turn10881022

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-70B better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-70B or Qwen-14B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.4 vs 31.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and Qwen-14B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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