Model comparison
Llama 3.1-405B vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 38.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 61.4% for Llama 3.1-405B and 81.1% for Qwen Plus.
- Llama 3.1-405B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.7 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1291 | 1328 |
| WeirdML | 21.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 7.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 45% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1269 | 1317 |
| DTBench | 61.4% | 81.1% |
| SimpleBench | 23% | — |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 82.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 128.75 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.9 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89.2% | — |
| PIQA | 85.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 89.2% | — |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 9.7% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1281 | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | 49.8% | 65.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 24.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Llama 3.1-405B leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 50.9% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1243 | 1328 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 17.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 52.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 95.3% | — |
| MMLU | 84.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 82.7% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1248 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1265 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1279 | — |
| LMArena German | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1260 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1259 | 1303 |
| IFEval | 81.1% | — |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1284 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1262 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1336 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 870 | — |
| WildBench | 78.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-405B better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1-405B or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-405B and Qwen Plus share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.