Model comparison

Llama 3.1-405B vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.4

Rank #279 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.5

Rank #152 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 37.3 to 17.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 9.7% for Llama 3.1-405B and 86.7% for Qwen3.7 Flash.
  • Llama 3.1-405B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-405B and Qwen3.7 Flash specifications
Llama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.439.5
Released2024-07-232026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.03
Output $ / M tokens—$0.13
Results tracked427

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 32.7 (#257), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
WeirdML21.4%—
LMArena Coding1291—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 20.9 (#131), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
TheAgentCompany7.4%—
Cybench7.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 16.4 (#293), Qwen3.7 Flash: 27.3 (#108)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index128.76144.62
SimpleBench23%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark45%—
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
Chess Puzzles—23%
LMArena Hard Prompts1270—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%
DTBench61.4%—
BIG-Bench Hard82.9%—
ForecastBench59.9—
HellaSwag89.2%—
PIQA85.9%—
WinoGrande89.2%—

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 17.3 (#283), Qwen3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#100)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20259.7%86.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—19.3%
Omni-MATH24.9%—
LMArena Math1281—
MATH Level 549.8%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#221), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#69)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond50.9%82.3%
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations17.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52.2%—
LMArena Expert1243—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
MMLU84.5%—
TriviaQA82.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 40.9 (#209), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1248—
LMArena Chinese1242—
LMArena French1278—
LMArena German1252—
LMArena Japanese1208—
LMArena Korean1184—
LMArena Russian1265—
LMArena Spanish1259—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 66.1 (#209), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
IFEval81.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1259—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#192), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1266—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 39.1 (#246), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1284—
LMArena Creative Writing1262—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing870—
WildBench78.3%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1297—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1-405B better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-405B and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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