# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Llama 2-7B

> Llama 2-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.6 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-llama-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 2-7B in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Llama 2-7B leads 28.1 to 15.3.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 28.6 |
| Rank | 339 | 315 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1002 |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315)
- Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1009 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 98.54 |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | 77.2% |
| PIQA | 75.4% | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | 69.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1042 |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | 77.9% |
| MMLU | 26.2% | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | 58.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1036 |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |

## Multimodal

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Llama 2-7B: —

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291)
- Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 973 |
| LMArena French | — | 969 |
| LMArena German | — | 978 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 995 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1007 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299)
- Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1006 |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 999 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1029 |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Llama 2-7B?

Llama 2-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.6 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Llama 2-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.7 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.