Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.2

Rank #117 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 28.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 0% for Llama 2-7B and 22% for Qwen3.6 27B.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
Llama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.142.2
Released2023-07-182026-04-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$3.60
Results tracked2911

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
SciCode—37.3%
LMArena Coding1002—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
Chess Puzzles0%22%
Epoch Capabilities Index99.06146.5
CritPt—0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts1009—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
DTBench—78.1%
LMCA—34.5%
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
LMArena Math1042—
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond—85.9%
LMArena Expert1036—
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
MMLU45.8%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
ScienceQA43.1%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English973—
LMArena Chinese973—
LMArena French970—
LMArena German978—
LMArena Russian995—
LMArena Spanish1007—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following1006—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query999—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1053—
LMArena Creative Writing1033—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1029—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-7B or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Qwen3.6 27B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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