Model comparison
Llama 2-7B vs Qwen Max
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 48.0 to 28.1.
- Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.6 | 34.4 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Max leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1002 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1009 | 1270 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 39.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 98.54 | — |
| HellaSwag | 77.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 73.3% | — |
| PIQA | 78.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 69.2% | — |
Math Llama 2-7B leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1042 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
| GSM8K | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen Max leads
Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1036 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 45.9% | — |
| BoolQ | 77.9% | — |
| MMLU | 45.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Max leads
Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 973 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 973 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 969 | 1329 |
| LMArena German | 978 | 1254 |
| LMArena Russian | 995 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1007 | 1290 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1141 |
Instruction Following Qwen Max leads
Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1006 | 1262 |
Long Context Qwen Max leads
Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 999 | 1289 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1053 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1033 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1029 | 1277 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-7B or Qwen Max better for coding?
Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.3 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Qwen Max share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.