Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 37.9 to 27.6.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 37.2 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 36.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 21.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 27.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 93.57 | 143.92 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.9 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1009 | — |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.4 (#63)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 971 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 986 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.