Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen1.5-7B

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

20.7

Rank #348 Reported

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 28.2 to 7.1.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Gemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index20.730.8
Released2025-03-122024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked413

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding—1107

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1066

Math Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
LMArena Math—1080

Knowledge Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
LMArena Expert—1055
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English—1058
LMArena Chinese—1140
LMArena Russian—1006

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following—1058

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query—1090

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text—1084
LMArena Creative Writing—1035
LMArena Multi-Turn—1061

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Qwen1.5-7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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