Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 28.0.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Qwen3 Max specifications
Llama 2-7BQwen3 Max
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.143.7
Released2023-07-182025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked2933

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding10021456
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
Chess Puzzles0%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts10091448
Epoch Capabilities Index99.06142.38
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
LMArena Math10421446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
MATH Level 5—97.1%
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
LMArena Expert10361455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
MMLU45.8%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Qwen3 Max: —

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

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English9731429
LMArena Chinese9731478
LMArena French9701449
LMArena German9781463
LMArena Russian9951428
LMArena Spanish10071462
LMArena Japanese—1397
LMArena Korean—1399

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following10061419

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query9991438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BQwen3 Max
LMArena Text10531439
LMArena Creative Writing10331402
LMArena Multi-Turn10291446

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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