Model comparison
Llama 3.1-8B vs Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 22.8 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.1-8B costs 65× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-8B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 61.7 to 8.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.7% for Llama 3.1-8B and 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.
- Llama 3.1-8B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Llama 3.1-8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 22.8 | 51.4 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | 2026-05-19 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 4K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 43 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 19.9 (#335), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.2 (#43)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 13.2% | 48.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1195 | 1498 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 77.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1515 |
| WeirdML | 1.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,189 |
| HumanEval+ | 62.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Llama 3.1-8B: 22.3 (#123), Qwen3.7 Max: 21.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25.8% | — |
| BALROG | 15.1% | — |
| GBAEval | — | 0.4% |
Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 14.5 (#316), Qwen3.7 Max: 48.4 (#36)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 13.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 19% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1175 | 1483 |
| DTBench | 50.9% | 92.3% |
| LMCA | 5.4% | 44% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.48 | 153.74 |
| SimpleBench | — | 70.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 9.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 32% |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
Math Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 9.5 (#311), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.3 (#26)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.7% | 95.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1179 | 1488 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 64.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 34.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 26% |
| Omni-MATH | 13.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.9% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 8.0 (#302), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.7 (#24)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27% | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1144 | 1488 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 55.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | 40.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 24.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.8% | — |
| MMLU | 56.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 34.2 (#244), Qwen3.7 Max: 57.1 (#13)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1148 | 1475 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1151 | 1533 |
| LMArena Russian | 1158 | 1482 |
| LMArena French | 1176 | — |
| LMArena German | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1061 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1053 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1169 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 59.1 (#253), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.9 (#34)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1159 | 1460 |
| IFEval | 74.3% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 35.8 (#233), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#34)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1182 | 1484 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads
Llama 3.1-8B: 29.9 (#285), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.2 (#52)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1154 | 1450 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1172 | 1482 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 713 | — |
| WildBench | 68.7% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1110 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-8B better than Qwen3.7 Max?
Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 22.8 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.1-8B costs 65× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1-8B or Qwen3.7 Max?
Llama 3.1-8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.
Is Llama 3.1-8B or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?
Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.2 versus 19.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-8B and Qwen3.7 Max share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-8B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.