Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen-14B
Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen-14B in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen-14B leads 31.2 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2023-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen-14B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1071 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen-14B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1027 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | 113.03 |
| PIQA | 83.7% | 79.9% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55% |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
Math Qwen-14B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1068 |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | 61.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Qwen-14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| BoolQ | 85.7% | 86.2% |
| MMLU | 72.1% | 66.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.4% |
Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1041 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1077 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1031 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1028 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1022 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Qwen-14B?
Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen-14B better for coding?
Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen-14B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.