Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Qwen2-72B

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2-72B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2-72B leads 41.0 to 30.6.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen2-72B specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.729.5
Released—2024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked1926

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding10841196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts10711191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.27

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Math11071235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Expert10391171
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English10521176
LMArena Chinese10601240
LMArena French10641169
LMArena German10541151
LMArena Japanese9711111
LMArena Korean9881083
LMArena Russian10461169
LMArena Spanish10491168

Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following10571181

Long Context Qwen2-72B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query10561193

Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen2-72B
LMArena Text10941203
LMArena Creative Writing10591181
LMArena Multi-Turn10401195

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Qwen2-72B?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.0 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen2-72B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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