Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1448 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 142.38 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1455 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1478 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1428 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1462 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1419 |
Long Context Qwen3 Max leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen3 Max share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.