Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Qwen1.5-14B

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 30.7 to 23.8.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
Llama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.132.7
Released2023-07-182024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2917

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding10021138

Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts10091113
Chess Puzzles0%—
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index99.06—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math10421125
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert10361094
MMLU45.8%68.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen1.5-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
ScienceQA43.1%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English9731095
LMArena Chinese9731147
LMArena French9701116
LMArena German9781043
LMArena Russian9951046
LMArena Spanish10071085
LMArena Japanese—1019

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following10061102

Long Context Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query9991113

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-14B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text10531128
LMArena Creative Writing10331091
LMArena Multi-Turn10291110

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-7B or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.1 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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