# Llama 2-7B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

> Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-2-7b-vs-qwen3-5-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 28.0.
- Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 45.3 |
| Rank | 317 | 71 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1002 | 1487 |

## Reasoning

- Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1009 | 1483 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 39.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 99.06 | — |
| HellaSwag | 77.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 73.3% | — |
| PIQA | 78.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 69.2% | — |

## Math

- Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1042 | 1474 |
| GSM8K | 16.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1036 | 1489 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 45.9% | — |
| BoolQ | 77.9% | — |
| MMLU | 45.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.7% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 2-7B: —
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 973 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 973 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 970 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 978 | 1487 |
| LMArena Russian | 995 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1007 | 1470 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1006 | 1467 |

## Long Context

- Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 999 | 1476 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1053 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1033 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1029 | 1478 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 2-7B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 2-7B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.