Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1328 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Gemma 2B leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1347 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1323 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1303 |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen Plus share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.