Model Comparison

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MMLU).

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

61.4B diff

Qwen2 72B Instruct has 61.4B more parameters than Llama 3.2 11B Instruct, making it 579.2% larger.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

10.6Bparameters

Qwen2 72B Instruct

72.0Bparameters

10.6B

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

72.0B

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.2 11B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.2 11B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 72B Instruct does not.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.2 Community License, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Llama 3.2 Community License

Open weights

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is 2 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

1.7 years ago

2mo newer

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.2 11B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Dec 2023

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher GPQA score (42.4% vs 32.8%)

Higher MATH score (59.7% vs 51.9%)

Higher MMLU score (82.3% vs 73.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature	Llama 3.2 11B Instruct	Qwen2 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.2 11B Instruct vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Llama 3.2 11B Instruct or Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is made by Meta and Qwen2 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Llama 3.2 11B Instruct compare to Qwen2 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct scores AI2D: 91.1%, DocVQA: 88.4%, ChartQA: 83.4%, VQAv2 (test): 75.2%, MMLU: 73.0%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.2 11B Instruct and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct supports 128K tokens and Qwen2 72B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.2 11B Instruct and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Llama 3.2 Community License vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.2 11B Instruct and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is developed by Meta and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.