Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Qwen3 32B Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #166 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 32B leads 53.1 to 25.3.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Qwen3 32B specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.838.8
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked1626

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Qwen3 32B: 37.3 (#184)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Coding10341358
Aider Polyglot—40%
SciCode—35.4%
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.3 (#58)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—48.7%

Reasoning Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Qwen3 32B: 19.6 (#233)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Hard Prompts10051335
Kagi LLM Benchmark—54.9%
CritPt—0.3%
Chess Puzzles—5%
DTBench—67.5%
LMCA—17.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.51

Math Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Qwen3 32B: 37.9 (#89)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Math10471399
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—66.9%

Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#112)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Expert9701362
GPQA Diamond—65.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.9%

Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Qwen3 32B: 45.8 (#162)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Non-English9881317
LMArena Chinese10111357
LMArena German9441341
LMArena Russian9901311
LMArena Korean899—

Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Qwen3 32B: 69.1 (#174)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Instruction Following9921305

Long Context Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Qwen3 32B: 43.7 (#83)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Longer Query10031327
Fiction.LiveBench—74.2%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Qwen3 32B: 53.1 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3 32B
LMArena Text10221340
LMArena Creative Writing9981297
LMArena Multi-Turn9581331

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Qwen3 32B?

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Qwen3 32B better for coding?

Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Qwen3 32B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.

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