Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B
Wins 0 of 2 areas
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Wins 2 of 2 areas
Coding · Reasoning
Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 10 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the two areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Coding rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B costs 43% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+8points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+1.6points ahead
Where Llama 3.1 8B Instruct pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 10 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B
- SciCodeQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 1.613.214.8+1.6
ReasoningQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B
- GPQA DiamondQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 825.933.9+8
- Humanity's Last Examtie5.34.9tie
Other results7 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- HumanEvalQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 15.872.688.4+15.8
- MBPPQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 13.470.183.5+13.4
- MHPPQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 9.617.126.7+9.6
- BigCodeBench (Full)Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 8.340.548.8+8.3
- BigCodeBench (Hard)Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 6.813.520.3+6.8
- LiveCodeBench (v5)Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 5.811.517.3+5.8
- AA IntelligenceLlama 3.1 8B Instruct by 1.16.95.8+1.1
Questions people ask
Which is better, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B?
Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B wins all two areas where both have results: coding and reasoning. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B. It wins the one coding test both models report.
Which is cheaper?
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs $0.02 per million input tokens and $0.05 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B costs $0.01 and $0.03. That makes Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B about 43% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 10 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 3 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 7 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.