Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 9.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 61.7% for Qwen3.5-9B.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | 139.45 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | — |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 61.7% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 79% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1189 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?
Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen3.5-9B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.