Model comparison
Llama 3.1-405B vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 5 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads 31.3 to 18.4.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.7 | 31.8 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1-405B leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.9 (#300)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1291 | 1025 |
| WeirdML | 21.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 7.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
Reasoning Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 20.0 (#246)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1269 | 1047 |
| SimpleBench | 23% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 45% | — |
| DTBench | 61.4% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 82.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 128.75 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.9 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89.2% | — |
| PIQA | 85.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 89.2% | — |
Math Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.3 (#226)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1281 | 1072 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 9.7% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 49.8% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 50.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 72.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 17.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 52.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1243 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 95.3% | — |
| MMLU | 84.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 82.7% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3.1-405B leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#270)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1248 | 1063 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | — |
| LMArena French | 1279 | — |
| LMArena German | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1265 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1260 | — |
Instruction Following Llama 3.1-405B leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.2 (#279)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1259 | 1060 |
| IFEval | 81.1% | — |
Long Context Llama 3.1-405B leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 998 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.1-405B leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.6 (#283)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1284 | 1098 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1262 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1058 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 870 | — |
| WildBench | 78.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-405B better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1-405B or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?
Llama 3.1-405B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.1 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-405B and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.