Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen-14B

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen-14B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen-14B leads 31.2 to 10.7.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27B and Qwen-14B specifications
Gemma 2 27BQwen-14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.431.4
Released2024-06-242023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window8K—
Max output2K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.65—
Output $ / M tokens$0.65—
Results tracked3418

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
LMArena Coding12111071
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%—
LiveBench Coding36%—
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%—

Reasoning Qwen-14B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts11981027
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08113.03
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
DTBench48%—
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LMCA7.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
LAMBADA—71.1%
LiveBench38.2%—
PIQA—79.9%

Math Qwen-14B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
LMArena Math12121068
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%—
LiveBench Math26.5%—
MATH Level 527.9%—
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
MMLU75.7%66.3%
GPQA Diamond36.5%—
Confabulations27.1%—
LMArena Expert1172—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%

Multilingual Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
LMArena Non-English12171041
LMArena Chinese12211077
LMArena French1247—
LMArena German1209—
LMArena Japanese1175—
LMArena Korean1174—
LMArena Russian1234—
LMArena Spanish1228—

Instruction Following Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following12061031
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—

Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query12311028

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen-14B
LMArena Text12311051
LMArena Creative Writing12411028
LMArena Multi-Turn12241022
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 27B or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Qwen-14B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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