Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.5 to 30.6.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.737.7
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked1925

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Coding10841413
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1275
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10711372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math11071364

Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert10391337

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English10521345
LMArena Chinese10601356
LMArena French10641394
LMArena German10541324
LMArena Japanese9711309
LMArena Korean9881307
LMArena Russian10461367
LMArena Spanish10491360

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10571356

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query10561379

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text10941356
LMArena Creative Writing10591333
LMArena Multi-Turn10401365

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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