# Llama 2-34B vs Qwen3-1.7B

> Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#336); Llama 2-34B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-2-34b-vs-qwen3-1-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 2-34B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | — | 26.6 |
| Rank | — | 336 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 44.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 105.2 | — |
| PIQA | 81.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 76.7% | — |

## Math

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| GSM8K | 42.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 54.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.7% | — |
| MMLU | 62.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.2% | — |
| TriviaQA | 84.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 2-34B better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#336); Llama 2-34B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 2-34B and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-34B has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.