Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Qwen1.5-14B

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 33.6 to 24.0.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
Gemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.632.7
Released2024-02-212024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2317

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-14B leads

Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding10101138
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads

Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts9891113
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index94.2—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Qwen1.5-14B leads

Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math10091125
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
MMLU42.3%68.6%
LMArena Expert—1094
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-14B leads

Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English9581095
LMArena Chinese9861147
LMArena Russian9371046
LMArena French—1116
LMArena German—1043
LMArena Japanese—1019
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-14B leads

Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following9701102

Long Context Qwen1.5-14B leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query9811113

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-14B leads

Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text10021128
LMArena Creative Writing9871091
LMArena Multi-Turn9451110

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.1 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen1.5-14B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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