Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Qwen3.8 27B

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

28.6

Rank #315 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #64 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 65.9 to 28.1.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Qwen3.8 27B specifications
Llama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.645.3
Released2023-07-182026-08-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.99
Output $ / M tokens—$1.49
Results tracked2928

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302), Qwen3.8 27B: 50.3 (#42)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Coding10021487
LMArena WebDev—1592
SciCode—46.6%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309), Qwen3.8 27B: 31.5 (#71)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts10091459
Epoch Capabilities Index98.54149.38
NYT Connections (extended)—54.5%
CritPt—5.4%
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench—88%
LMCA—41.4%
Surface Evolver Bench—45%
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231), Qwen3.8 27B: 35.7 (#139)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Math10421453
ProofBench—16%
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243), Qwen3.8 27B: 40.9 (#105)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Expert10361482
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
MMLU45.8%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 40.5 (#36)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision—1270
ScienceQA43.1%—

Multilingual Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288), Qwen3.8 27B: 54.0 (#54)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Non-English9731431
LMArena Chinese9731504
LMArena French9691468
LMArena German9781435
LMArena Russian9951421
LMArena Spanish10071444
LMArena Japanese—1392
LMArena Korean—1389

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293), Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#54)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Instruction Following10061436

Long Context Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282), Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#66)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Longer Query9991448

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 27B leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293), Qwen3.8 27B: 65.9 (#41)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text10531441
LMArena Creative Writing10331382
LMArena Multi-Turn10291443
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1671

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-7B or Qwen3.8 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Qwen3.8 27B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 28.

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