Model comparison

Llama 2-70B vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen Plus leads 27.4 to 7.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 3.3% for Llama 2-70B and 65.3% for Qwen Plus.
  • Llama 2-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 2-70B and Qwen Plus specifications
Llama 2-70BQwen Plus
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.437.1
Released2023-07-182024-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked3520

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
LMArena Coding10791328

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts10731317
DTBench41.6%81.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
LMCA—24%
BIG-Bench Hard64.9%—
CommonsenseQA 2.050%—
Epoch Capabilities Index113.79—
ForecastBench51.4—
HellaSwag85.3%—
LAMBADA78.9%—
PIQA82.8%—
WinoGrande80.2%—

Math Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250%17.8%
LMArena Math10911326
MATH Level 53.3%65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%
GSM8K69.6%—

Knowledge Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond26.3%48.1%
LMArena Expert10391328
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%—
BoolQ88.6%—
MMLU69.9%—
OpenBookQA60.2%—
TriviaQA87.6%—

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English10451310
LMArena Chinese9951347
LMArena Japanese9271251
LMArena Russian10831323
LMArena French1090—
LMArena German1041—
LMArena Korean964—
LMArena Spanish1143—

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following10711303

Long Context Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query10621324

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen Plus
LMArena Text11151326
LMArena Creative Writing10751293
LMArena Multi-Turn10881336

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-70B better than Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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