Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.4

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 26.0.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Qwen3.6 Flash specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.838.4
Released—2026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.19
Output $ / M tokens—$1.13
Results tracked1613

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Coding1034—
ALE-Bench—326.4
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
SimpleBench—35.2%
Chess Puzzles—20%
LMArena Hard Prompts1005—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—77.1%
LMCA—31%
Epoch Capabilities Index—143.26

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—84.4%
LMArena Math1047—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond—83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
LMArena Expert970—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English988—
LMArena Chinese1011—
LMArena German944—
LMArena Korean899—
LMArena Russian990—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following992—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1003—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1022—
LMArena Creative Writing998—
LMArena Multi-Turn958—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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