Noometry

Model comparison

Llama 3.1-405B vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.7

Rank #288 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 38.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 9.7% for Llama 3.1-405B and 73.3% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Llama 3.1-405B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.743.7
Released2024-07-232025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked4233

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding12911456
WeirdML21.4%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
TheAgentCompany7.4%—
Cybench7.5%—
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark45%72.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts12691448
DTBench61.4%82.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index128.75142.38
SimpleBench23%—
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
LMCA—28.3%
BIG-Bench Hard82.9%—
ForecastBench59.9—
HellaSwag89.2%—
PIQA85.9%—
WinoGrande89.2%—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20259.7%73.3%
LMArena Math12811446
MATH Level 549.8%97.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
Omni-MATH24.9%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond50.9%72.6%
LMArena Expert12431455
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations17.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
MMLU84.5%—
TriviaQA82.7%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English12481429
LMArena Chinese12421478
LMArena French12791449
LMArena German12521463
LMArena Japanese12081397
LMArena Korean11841399
LMArena Russian12651428
LMArena Spanish12601462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following12591419
IFEval81.1%—

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query12661438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BQwen3 Max
LMArena Text12841439
LMArena Creative Writing12621402
LMArena Multi-Turn12971446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing870—
WildBench78.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1-405B better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1-405B or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-405B and Qwen3 Max share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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