Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Qwen3 32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.2

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 32B leads 52.9 to 28.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 0% for Llama 2-7B and 5% for Qwen3 32B.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Qwen3 32B specifications
Llama 2-7BQwen3 32B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.139.2
Released2023-07-182025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked2926

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
LMArena Coding10021358
Aider Polyglot—40%
SciCode—35.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—48.7%

Reasoning Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
Chess Puzzles0%5%
LMArena Hard Prompts10091334
Epoch Capabilities Index99.06138.51
Kagi LLM Benchmark—54.9%
CritPt—0.3%
DTBench—67.5%
LMCA—17.3%
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
LMArena Math10421399
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—66.9%
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
LMArena Expert10361362
GPQA Diamond—65.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.9%
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
MMLU45.8%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3 32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
ScienceQA43.1%—

Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
LMArena Non-English9731317
LMArena Chinese9731357
LMArena German9781341
LMArena Russian9951311
LMArena French970—
LMArena Spanish1007—

Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
LMArena Instruction Following10061305

Long Context Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
LMArena Longer Query9991327
Fiction.LiveBench—74.2%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 32B
LMArena Text10531340
LMArena Creative Writing10331297
LMArena Multi-Turn10291331

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen3 32B?

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-7B or Qwen3 32B better for coding?

Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Qwen3 32B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.

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