Model comparison

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

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 28.5 to 23.8.

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Llama 2-7B and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Llama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.131.4
Released2023-07-182024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2913

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding10021107

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts10091065
Chess Puzzles0%—
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index99.06—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Too close to call

Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math10421080
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert10361055
MMLU45.8%62.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: —

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

Multilingual Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English9731058
LMArena Chinese9731141
LMArena Russian9951006
LMArena French970—
LMArena German978—
LMArena Spanish1007—

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following10061058

Long Context Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query9991090

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-7B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text10531083
LMArena Creative Writing10331035
LMArena Multi-Turn10291062

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.2 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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