Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where QwQ-32B leads 50.6 to 25.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and QwQ-32B specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.339.8
Released—2024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1636

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding10341333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts10051325
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Math10471359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Expert9701324
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English9881305
LMArena Chinese10121378
LMArena German9441313
LMArena Korean8991279
LMArena Russian9901297
LMArena French—1336
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following9921297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query10031308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITQwQ-32B
LMArena Text10221329
LMArena Creative Writing9981288
LMArena Multi-Turn9591314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

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

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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