Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Qwen3-4B

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.9

Rank #264 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 29.9.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen3-4B specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.131.9
Released—2025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked176

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Coding1112—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%
LMArena Math1135—

Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%
LMArena Expert1096—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
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), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following1118—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Text1156—
LMArena Creative Writing1147—
LMArena Multi-Turn1118—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Qwen3-4B?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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