Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 64.3 to 24.0.
  • Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
Gemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.645.3
Released2024-02-212026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked2332

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding10101473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts9891460
Epoch Capabilities Index94.2147.37
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Math10091466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond—87.9%
LMArena Expert—1467
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English9581445
LMArena Chinese9861510
LMArena Russian9371457
LMArena French—1473
LMArena German—1471
LMArena Japanese—1413
LMArena Korean—1415
LMArena Spanish—1457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following9701440

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query9811455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text10021455
LMArena Creative Writing9871439
LMArena Multi-Turn9451460

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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