Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Qwen2 7B Instruct Comparison

Comparing Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and Qwen2 7B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2 7B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MMLU).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input tokens$0.03
Output tokens$0.03
Best providerLambda
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

380.0M diff

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has 0.4B more parameters than Qwen2 7B Instruct, making it 5.0% larger.

Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
7.6Bparameters
8.0B
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
7.6B
Qwen2 7B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.1 8B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Llama 3.1 8B Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen2 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Both models were released on 2024-07-23.

They likely represent similar generations of model development.

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Qwen2 7B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 8B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2 7B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Dec 2023

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (131,072 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (30.4% vs 25.3%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (48.3% vs 44.1%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 7B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher HumanEval score (79.9% vs 72.6%)
Higher MMLU score (70.5% vs 69.4%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct