# ERNIE 5.1 vs Llama 13b

> ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-1-vs-llama-13b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.3 to 13.9.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 23.9 |
| Rank | 87 | 344 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78)
- Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 683 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209)
- Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 728 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 100.09 |
| HellaSwag | — | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73% |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96)
- Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 838 |
| GSM8K | — | 20.6% |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| MMLU | — | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |

## Multimodal

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28)
- Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1455 | 819 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | — |
| LMArena French | 1486 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | — |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35)
- Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 781 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50)
- Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 753 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Llama 13b?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.1 or Llama 13b better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Llama 13b share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.