Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen1.5-7B

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 31.4 to 10.7.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27B and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Gemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.431.4
Released2024-06-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window8K—
Max output2K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.65—
Output $ / M tokens$0.65—
Results tracked3413

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding12111107
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%—
LiveBench Coding36%—
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts11981065
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
DTBench48%—
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LMCA7.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08—
LiveBench38.2%—

Math Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math12121080
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%—
LiveBench Math26.5%—
MATH Level 527.9%—

Knowledge Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert11721055
MMLU75.7%62.6%
GPQA Diamond36.5%—
Confabulations27.1%—

Multilingual Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English12171058
LMArena Chinese12211141
LMArena Russian12341006
LMArena French1247—
LMArena German1209—
LMArena Japanese1175—
LMArena Korean1174—
LMArena Spanish1228—

Instruction Following Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following12061058
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—

Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query12311090

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text12311083
LMArena Creative Writing12411035
LMArena Multi-Turn12241062
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 27B or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Qwen1.5-7B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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