Model comparison
Llama 3-8B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 41.8 to 7.8.
- Llama 3-8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 31.0 (#289), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1152 | 1487 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 31.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 36.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 14.3 (#326), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1133 | 1483 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 43.9% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | 57.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.45 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.7% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 8.8 (#323), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1151 | 1474 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 6.1% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 7.8 (#308), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 26.1% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 82.8% | — |
| MMLU | 68.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 82.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 67.7% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 30.8 (#261), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1098 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1076 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1159 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1104 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 967 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1004 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1109 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1173 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 58.4 (#260), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1127 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 34.2 (#251), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1128 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Llama 3-8B: 37.5 (#256), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1150 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1152 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-8B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-8B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-8B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-8B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.