# Llama 13b vs Qwen Max

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-13b-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 47.8 to 13.8.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 34.7 |
| Rank | 348 | 230 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $6.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1269 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1330 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1262 |

## Long Context

- Llama 13b: —
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1288 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1277 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 13b or Qwen Max better for coding?

Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen Max share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.