Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

Qwen1.5 4b Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.3 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

20.7

Rank #348 Reported

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.3

Rank #319 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads 26.2 to 7.1.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat specifications
Gemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index20.728.3
Released2025-03-12—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked413

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding—999

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—976

Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
LMArena Math—1026

Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
LMArena Expert—980

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English—979
LMArena Chinese—1024
LMArena German—902
LMArena Russian—952

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following—979

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query—988

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text—997
LMArena Creative Writing—969
LMArena Multi-Turn—977

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

Qwen1.5 4b Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.3 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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