Model comparison
Llama 3-8B vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 54.9 to 7.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Llama 3-8B and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
- Llama 3-8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2026-06-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 31.0 (#289), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1152 | 1473 |
| FrontierCode | — | 10.2% |
| SciCode | — | 45.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 31.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 36.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-8B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 2.8% |
Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 14.3 (#326), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 24% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1133 | 1460 |
| DTBench | 43.9% | 84% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.45 | 147.37 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.8% |
| CritPt | — | 9.1% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| Adversarial NLI | 57.3% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.7% | — |
Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 8.8 (#323), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1151 | 1466 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 34.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | 6.1% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 7.8 (#308), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 26.1% | 87.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | 1467 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 82.8% | — |
| MMLU | 68.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 82.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 67.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3-8B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1279 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 30.8 (#261), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1098 | 1445 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1076 | 1510 |
| LMArena French | 1159 | 1473 |
| LMArena German | 1104 | 1471 |
| LMArena Japanese | 967 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1004 | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | 1109 | 1457 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1173 | 1457 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 58.4 (#260), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1127 | 1440 |
Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 34.2 (#251), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1128 | 1455 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Llama 3-8B: 37.5 (#256), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1150 | 1439 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1152 | 1460 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-8B better than Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-8B or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-8B and Qwen3.7 Plus share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-8B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.