Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Qwen3.5 27B
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 27B leads 38.8 to 12.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.2% for Llama 3-70B and 82.4% for Qwen3.5 27B.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 41.9 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1427 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1358 |
| WeirdML | — | 39.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 349.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Qwen3.5 27B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 201.98 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1414 |
| DTBench | 54.2% | 82.4% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 47.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.5% |
| LMCA | — | 34% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.93 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1429 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 1428 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.1% |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1241 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1390 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1232 | 1410 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | 1393 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | 1345 |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | 1358 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1390 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1407 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1393 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 27B leads
Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1409 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1410 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Qwen3.5 27B?
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?
Qwen3.5 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Qwen3.5 27B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.