Model comparison
Llama 3.1-405B vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Coder Next in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 22.4 to 16.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 21.4% for Llama 3.1-405B and 34.4% for Qwen3 Coder Next.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.7 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 21.4% | 34.4% |
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1291 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 7.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 23% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 45% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1269 | — |
| 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 Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 9.7% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1281 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 49.8% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | — |
| LMArena French | 1279 | — |
| LMArena German | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1265 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1260 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 81.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1259 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-405B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1262 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 870 | — |
| WildBench | 78.3% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-405B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1-405B or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-405B and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.