Noometry

Model comparison

Llama 3-70B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3-70B Meta

28.8

Rank #323 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 54.1 to 12.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.3% for Llama 3-70B and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
  • Llama 3-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.851.5
Released2024-04-182026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked3129

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding12061471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482
BigCodeBench Instruct43.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.5%—
HumanEval+72%—
MBPP+69%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
Cybench5%—
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts11951457
DTBench54.2%87.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index122.93149.24
SimpleBench—63%
Kagi LLM Benchmark35.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
LMCA—42.5%
ForecastBench57.1—
WinoGrande83.5%—

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.3%91.1%
LMArena Math12181465
MATH Level 522.6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond40.6%87.4%
LMArena Expert11491478
SimpleQA Verified—52%
MMLU79.3%—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English11421437
LMArena Chinese11141487
LMArena French12321449
LMArena Russian11591445
LMArena Spanish12411454
LMArena German1169—
LMArena Japanese1017—
LMArena Korean1017—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following11941438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query11741457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text12211447
LMArena Creative Writing12101435
LMArena Multi-Turn12231456

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3-70B better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3-70B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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