Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen1.5-110B

Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-110B leads 33.7 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 52.5% for Gemma 2 27B and 44.4% for Qwen1.5-110B.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27B and Qwen1.5-110B specifications
Gemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.434.2
Released2024-06-242024-04-25
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window8K—
Max output2K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.65—
Output $ / M tokens$0.65—
Results tracked3420

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%35%
LMArena Coding12111184
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%44.4%
LiveBench Coding36%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-110B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts11981168
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
DTBench48%—
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LMCA7.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08—
ForecastBench—57.7
LiveBench38.2%—

Math Qwen1.5-110B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math12121185
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%—
LiveBench Math26.5%—
MATH Level 527.9%—

Knowledge Qwen1.5-110B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert11721144
GPQA Diamond36.5%—
Confabulations27.1%—
MMLU75.7%—

Multilingual Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English12171142
LMArena Chinese12211206
LMArena French12471151
LMArena German12091123
LMArena Japanese11751074
LMArena Korean11741044
LMArena Russian12341118
LMArena Spanish12281142

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following12061158
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—

Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query12311157

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text12311175
LMArena Creative Writing12411148
LMArena Multi-Turn12241160
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 27B or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Qwen1.5-110B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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