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Llama 3.1-70B vs Qwen2-72B

Llama 3.1-70B OPEN WEIGHTS · Meta AI, released 2024-07-23
Qwen2-72B OPEN WEIGHTS · Alibaba, released 2024-06-07

“Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks' [online resource].” · epoch.ai/benchmarks · Licensed CC BY 4.0 · data last verified 2026-07-26 · Methodology · Data Sources

Head-to-head

Measured on 3 of 9 tracked benchmarks for both models — Llama 3.1-70B leads on 2, Qwen2-72B leads on 1.

Benchmark	Llama 3.1-70B	Qwen2-72B	Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)	125.5	125.5	Llama 3.1-70B
SWE-bench Verified	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
GPQA Diamond	0.442	0.408	Llama 3.1-70B
MATH Level 5	0.367	0.391	Qwen2-72B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.036	Not measured	Not measured on both
FrontierMath	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
FrontierMath Tier 4	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
SimpleQA Verified	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
Chess Puzzles	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both

Benchmark results measure specific tasks and should not be treated as a universal measure of model quality. A model with no row here for a benchmark has not been measured on it — that is left blank, never estimated.

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