Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.3 vs 31.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads 46.7 to 30.4.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 31.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1084 | 1292 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
| HumanEval+ | 35.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 45% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1071 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1107 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1039 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1052 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1061 | 1272 |
| LMArena French | 1065 | 1280 |
| LMArena German | 1054 | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | 971 | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | 988 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1046 | 1264 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1049 | 1256 |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1057 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1056 | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1094 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1060 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1040 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.3 vs 31.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.2 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.