Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 32.3.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | 1488 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | 1483 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1473 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1189 | 1483 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1467 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.