Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 25.9 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 37.6 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1365 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1338 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1355 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1365 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.