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Gemma 2 2b IT vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

37.7

Rank #186 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.5 to 36.6.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.537.7
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked1725

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Coding11121413
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1275
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11131372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math11351364

Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert10961337

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English11211345
LMArena Chinese11321356
LMArena French11561394
LMArena German11141324
LMArena Japanese10831309
LMArena Korean10551307
LMArena Russian11181367
LMArena Spanish11401360

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11181356

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11301379

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text11561356
LMArena Creative Writing11471333
LMArena Multi-Turn11181365

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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