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Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.1

Rank #305 Confirmed

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

37.7

Rank #186 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.5 to 24.1.

Side by side

Gemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.137.7
Released2024-02-212025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked2325

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Coding10101413
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1275
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts9891372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index93.57—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math10091364
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert—1337
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English9581345
LMArena Chinese9861356
LMArena Russian9371367
LMArena French—1394
LMArena German—1324
LMArena Japanese—1309
LMArena Korean—1307
LMArena Spanish—1360

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following9711356

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query9811379

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)

BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text10021356
LMArena Creative Writing9861333
LMArena Multi-Turn9451365

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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