# Llama 3-8B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

> Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-3-8b-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 7.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Llama 3-8B and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Llama 3-8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 51.5 |
| Rank | 344 | 43 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.80 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Llama 3-8B: 31.0 (#289)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1152 | 1471 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 31.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 36.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 3-8B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |

## Reasoning

- Llama 3-8B: 14.3 (#326)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1133 | 1457 |
| DTBench | 43.9% | 87.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.45 | 149.24 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| Adversarial NLI | 57.3% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.7% | — |

## Math

- Llama 3-8B: 8.8 (#323)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1151 | 1465 |
| MATH Level 5 | 6.1% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |

## Knowledge

- Llama 3-8B: 7.8 (#308)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 26.1% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | 1478 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 82.8% | — |
| MMLU | 68.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 82.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 67.7% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 3-8B: 30.8 (#261)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1098 | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1076 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1159 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1109 | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1173 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 967 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1004 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 3-8B: 58.4 (#260)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1127 | 1438 |

## Long Context

- Llama 3-8B: 34.2 (#251)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1128 | 1457 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 3-8B: 37.5 (#256)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1150 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1152 | 1456 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 3-8B better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 3-8B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 3-8B and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-8B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.