Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen1.5-110B
Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-110B leads 33.7 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 34.2 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2024-04-25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen1.5-110B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | 35% |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1184 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | 44.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-110B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1168 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.7 |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Qwen1.5-110B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1185 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5-110B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1144 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1206 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1151 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1123 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1074 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1142 |
Instruction Following Qwen1.5-110B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1158 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-110B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1175 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1148 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1160 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Qwen1.5-110B?
Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?
Qwen1.5-110B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen1.5-110B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.