Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen2.5-Max

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 35.3 to 7.0.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index21.140.7
Released2025-03-122025-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked427

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
LMArena Coding—1359

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Qwen2.5-Max: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
Chess Puzzles0%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1360
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—132.53
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Qwen2.5-Max leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
LMArena Math—1369

Knowledge Qwen2.5-Max leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
Confabulations—21.8%
LMArena Expert—1337

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English—1352
LMArena Chinese—1382
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1304
LMArena Russian—1353
LMArena Spanish—1377

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%
LMArena Instruction Following—1335

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query—1358

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text—1367
LMArena Creative Writing—1339
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1364
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Qwen2.5-Max share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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