Model comparison

Llama 2-70B vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.2

Rank #117 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 7.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0% for Llama 2-70B and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 27B.

Side by side

Llama 2-70B and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
Llama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.442.2
Released2023-07-182026-04-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$3.60
Results tracked3511

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
SciCode—37.3%
LMArena Coding1079—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
DTBench41.6%78.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index113.79146.5
CritPt—0.9%
Chess Puzzles—22%
LMArena Hard Prompts1073—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
LMCA—34.5%
BIG-Bench Hard64.9%—
CommonsenseQA 2.050%—
ForecastBench51.4—
HellaSwag85.3%—
LAMBADA78.9%—
PIQA82.8%—
WinoGrande80.2%—

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250%91.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—35.1%
LMArena Math1091—
MATH Level 53.3%—
GSM8K69.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond26.3%85.9%
LMArena Expert1039—
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%—
BoolQ88.6%—
MMLU69.9%—
OpenBookQA60.2%—
TriviaQA87.6%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English1045—
LMArena Chinese995—
LMArena French1090—
LMArena German1041—
LMArena Japanese927—
LMArena Korean964—
LMArena Russian1083—
LMArena Spanish1143—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following1071—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query1062—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1115—
LMArena Creative Writing1075—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1088—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-70B better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-70B or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and Qwen3.6 27B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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