Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 25.9 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 9.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 86.7% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | 143.93 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 86.7% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 84.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.2 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.