Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 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 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1487 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1483 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1474 |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1534 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1471 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.