# ERNIE 5.1 vs Llama 2-7B

> ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-1-vs-llama-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.3 to 28.1.
- Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 28.6 |
| Rank | 87 | 315 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1002 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Llama 2-7B: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209)
- Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1009 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 98.54 |
| HellaSwag | — | 77.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |
| PIQA | — | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 69.2% |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1042 |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103)
- Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | 1036 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 77.9% |
| MMLU | — | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 58.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |

## Multimodal

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Llama 2-7B: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28)
- Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1455 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | 973 |
| LMArena French | 1486 | 969 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 978 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 995 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | 1007 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1428 | — |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35)
- Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1006 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56)
- Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 999 |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1029 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Llama 2-7B?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.1 or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Llama 2-7B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.