Model comparison

Llama 3.1-405B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.7

Rank #288 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 50.5 to 18.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 9.7% for Llama 3.1-405B and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Llama 3.1-405B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-405B and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
Llama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.745.3
Released2024-07-232026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked4232

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding12911473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%
WeirdML21.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%
TheAgentCompany7.4%—
Cybench7.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12691460
DTBench61.4%84%
Epoch Capabilities Index128.75147.37
SimpleBench23%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark45%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
LMCA—37.6%
BIG-Bench Hard82.9%—
ForecastBench59.9—
HellaSwag89.2%—
PIQA85.9%—
WinoGrande89.2%—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20259.7%93.3%
LMArena Math12811466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
Omni-MATH24.9%—
MATH Level 549.8%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond50.9%87.9%
LMArena Expert12431467
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations17.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
MMLU84.5%—
TriviaQA82.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English12481445
LMArena Chinese12421510
LMArena French12791473
LMArena German12521471
LMArena Japanese12081413
LMArena Korean11841415
LMArena Russian12651457
LMArena Spanish12601457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following12591440
IFEval81.1%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query12661455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text12841455
LMArena Creative Writing12621439
LMArena Multi-Turn12971460
EQ-Bench Creative Writing870—
WildBench78.3%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1-405B or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

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

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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