Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Qwen1.5 4b Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads 27.9 to 9.3.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 28.3 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | 999 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | 976 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1026 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 980 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 952 |
| LMArena French | 1189 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 979 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 977 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Qwen1.5 4b Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.0 vs 28.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.