Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Gemma 2 27B has enough public results to be ranked (#312); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads 37.7 to 34.1.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper at $0.35 / $1.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | 131K |
| Max output | 2K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | 39.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | 52.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1212 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 75.7% | 79.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | — |
| LMArena French | 1247 | — |
| LMArena German | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Gemma 2 27B has enough public results to be ranked (#312); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.40 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3.