Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Qwen3 14B

Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.5

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 14B leads 39.3 to 29.9.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen3 14B specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.135.5
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$1.40
Results tracked1712

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 14B leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
SciCode—31.6%
LMArena Coding1112—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—41%

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.1%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—
DTBench—64%
LMCA—18.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.23

Math Qwen3 14B leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—66.4%
LMArena Math1135—

Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond—63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.4%
LMArena Expert1096—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Qwen3 14B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Non-English1121—
LMArena Chinese1132—
LMArena French1157—
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Russian1118—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Qwen3 14B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Instruction Following1118—

Long Context Qwen3 14B leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.5%
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Qwen3 14B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Text1156—
LMArena Creative Writing1147—
LMArena Multi-Turn1118—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Qwen3 14B?

Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Qwen3 14B better for coding?

Qwen3 14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen3 14B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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