Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Qwen2-72B

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) Google

32.1

Rank #261 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #300 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2-72B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 52.4 to 40.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 70.4% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 39.1% for Qwen2-72B.
  • Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Qwen2-72B specifications
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.130.0
Released2024-02-152024-06-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4526

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
WeirdML22.2%11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct43.8%38.5%
LMArena Coding12941196
BigCodeBench Complete57.5%54%
CadEval34%—
HumanEval+79.3%—
MBPP+74.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany3.4%1.1%
Cybench7.5%—
BALROG21%—
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts12961191
Epoch Capabilities Index131.73125.28
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench27.1%—
DTBench59%—
BIG-Bench Hard89.2%—
ForecastBench58.4—

Math Qwen2-72B leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Math13151235
MATH Level 570.4%39.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202523.1%—
Omni-MATH36.4%—

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond57.2%40.8%
LMArena Expert12791171
MMLU86.9%82.4%
Humanity's Last Exam4.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations13.5%—
GPQA (HELM)53.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Qwen2-72B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Vision1161—
Video-MME75%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English13121176
LMArena Chinese13311240
LMArena French13021170
LMArena German12861151
LMArena Japanese12921111
LMArena Korean12981083
LMArena Russian13201169
LMArena Spanish13111169

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following12971181
IFEval83.7%—

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query13081192

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Text13191203
LMArena Creative Writing13331181
LMArena Multi-Turn12961196
WildBench81.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Qwen2-72B?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Qwen2-72B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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