Noometry

Model comparison

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 35.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

35.7

Rank #224 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 63.8 to 39.7.
  • Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.751.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked1129

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 34.4 (#235), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding11831471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 22.8 (#188), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts11741457
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.24

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 33.9 (#198), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math11951465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%
LMArena Expert—1478

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.4 (#246), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English11691437
LMArena Chinese11761487
LMArena Russian11931445
LMArena French—1449
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 61.3 (#246), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following11741438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.8 (#239), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query11811457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 39.7 (#245), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text11931447
LMArena Creative Writing11821435
LMArena Multi-Turn11541456

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 35.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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