Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Gemma 2 27B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 28.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 2 27B leads 44.2 to 23.8.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | — |
| Max output | 2K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 999 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 976 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1026 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 980 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 952 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 978 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 977 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Gemma 2 27B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 28.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.