Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 62.4 to 9.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index25.951.5
Released2024-06-242026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked3533

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding11731498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts11711483
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83153.68
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
Chess Puzzles—19%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
LMCA—44%
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%95.6%
LMArena Math11831490
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
ProofBench—26%
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond27.5%90.9%
LMArena Expert11471488
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English11881474
LMArena Chinese11851530
LMArena Russian12001484
LMArena French1190—
LMArena German1186—
LMArena Japanese1144—
LMArena Korean1137—
LMArena Spanish1200—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following11781460
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query11971482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text12071476
LMArena Creative Writing12061449
LMArena Multi-Turn11931481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing841—
EQ-Bench 4—1110
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen3.7 Max share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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