Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 5 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads 28.8 to 12.0.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 28.5 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 31 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1025 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 5% | — |
Reasoning Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads
Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 19.1 (#245)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1047 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| DTBench | 54.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#223)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1072 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | — |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.9 (#265)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1064 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | — |
| LMArena French | 1231 | — |
| LMArena German | 1169 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | — |
Instruction Following Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.5 (#274)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1061 |
Long Context Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#283)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 998 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.8 (#278)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1098 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1058 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?
Llama 3-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.