Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Qwen3-4B

Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 1 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-4B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 28.2.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Qwen3-4B specifications
	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
Provider	Meta	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	29.1	31.9
Released	2023-07-18	2025-04-29
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	—
Max output	—	—
Input $ / M tokens	—	—
Output $ / M tokens	—	—
Results tracked	29	6

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Coding	1002	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	—	35.7%

Reasoning Qwen3-4B leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles	0%	4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1009	—
BIG-Bench Hard	39.2%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	99.06	—
HellaSwag	77.2%	—
LAMBADA	73.3%	—
PIQA	78.8%	—
WinoGrande	69.2%	—

Math Too close to call

Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	—	38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	52.2%
LMArena Math	1042	—
GSM8K	16.7%	—

Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond	—	52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	5.7%
LMArena Expert	1036	—
ARC (AI2) Challenge	45.9%	—
BoolQ	77.9%	—
MMLU	45.8%	—
OpenBookQA	58.6%	—
TriviaQA	73.7%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3-4B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
ScienceQA	43.1%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English	973	—
LMArena Chinese	973	—
LMArena French	970	—
LMArena German	978	—
LMArena Russian	995	—
LMArena Spanish	1007	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following	1006	—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query	999	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 2-7B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Text	1053	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1033	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1029	—

Frequently asked questions

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