# Llama 3.2 11B vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

> Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); Llama 3.2 11B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-3-2-11b-vs-qwen2-5-7b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 11B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Llama 3.2 11B leads 27.3 to 23.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BALROG: 16.8% for Llama 3.2 11B and 7.8% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 29.0 |
| Rank | — | 320 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.17 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.70 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 3.2 11B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 3.2 11B: 27.3
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 16.8% | 7.8% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 3.2 11B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.51 |

## Math

- Llama 3.2 11B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |

## Knowledge

- Llama 3.2 11B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 56.5% | 72.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |

## Multimodal

- Llama 3.2 11B: 24.4
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 966 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 3.2 11B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 3.2 11B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 11B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 3.2 11B better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); Llama 3.2 11B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 11B and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 11B has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.