Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.5 vs 31.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 30.1 to 18.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 31.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 32.8 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1293 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.0 (#124)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 21.4 (#197)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129.01 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 18.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 26.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.2 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1272 |
| LMArena French | 1156 | 1279 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1264 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1255 |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.5 vs 31.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.8 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.