Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

28.6

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads 48.8 to 30.6.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.728.6
Released—2024-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.17
Output $ / M tokens—$0.70
Results tracked1915

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 35.9 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—37.6%
LMArena Coding1084—
BigCodeBench Complete—46.1%
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.5 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
BALROG—7.8%

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.3 (#317)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1071—
DTBench—47.7%
LMCA—6.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.44

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 11.8 (#300)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.5%
Omni-MATH—29.4%
LMArena Math1107—

Knowledge Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#281)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—35.5%
MMLU-Pro—53.9%
GPQA (HELM)—34.1%
LMArena Expert1039—
MMLU—72.9%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1052—
LMArena Chinese1060—
LMArena French1064—
LMArena German1054—
LMArena Japanese971—
LMArena Korean988—
LMArena Russian1046—
LMArena Spanish1049—

Instruction Following Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.4 (#226)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
IFEval—74.1%
LMArena Instruction Following1057—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1056—

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#194)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2.5 7B Instruct
LMArena Text1094—
LMArena Creative Writing1059—
WildBench—73.1%
LMArena Multi-Turn1040—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.

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