Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 38.8 to 12.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 35.1% for Llama 3-70B and 66.7% for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 43.0 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1440 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | 66.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1428 |
| DTBench | 54.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.93 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1440 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 1417 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1460 |
| LMArena French | 1232 | 1413 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1435 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1389 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1334 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1416 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.