Model comparison

Llama 3.1-70B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.1-70B costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-70B Meta

29.6

Rank #308 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-70B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 50.5 to 13.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 3.6% for Llama 3.1-70B and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Llama 3.1-70B is cheaper at $0.40 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
  • Llama 3.1-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-70B and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
Llama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.645.3
Released2024-07-232026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K1M
Max output4K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$1.60
Results tracked3532

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding12601473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%
WeirdML9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Llama 3.1-70B leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%
TheAgentCompany6.9%—
BALROG27.9%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12411460
DTBench60%84%
LMCA14.8%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index125.92147.37
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20253.6%93.3%
LMArena Math12521466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
Omni-MATH21%—
MATH Level 536.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond44.2%87.9%
LMArena Expert12091467
MMLU-Pro65.3%—
GPQA (HELM)42.6%—
MMLU80.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.1-70B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English12191445
LMArena Chinese12151510
LMArena French12611473
LMArena German12221471
LMArena Japanese11321413
LMArena Korean11401415
LMArena Russian12341457
LMArena Spanish12531457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following12311440
IFEval82.1%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query12411455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text12611455
LMArena Creative Writing12321439
LMArena Multi-Turn12561460
EQ-Bench Creative Writing784—
WildBench75.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1-70B better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.1-70B costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1-70B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Llama 3.1-70B is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is Llama 3.1-70B or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-70B and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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