Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Qwen3 32B

Alibaba (Qwen)

39.2

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 32B in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 32B leads 40.0 to 7.0.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 66.9% for Qwen3 32B.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Qwen3 32B specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	21.1	39.2
Released	2025-03-12	2025-04
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	131K
Max output	—	16K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.70
Output $ / M tokens	—	$2.80
Results tracked	4	26

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
Aider Polyglot	—	40%
SciCode	—	35.4%
LMArena Coding	—	1358

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	48.7%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
Chess Puzzles	0%	5%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	54.9%
CritPt	—	0.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1334
DTBench	—	67.5%
LMCA	—	17.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	138.51

Math Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	66.9%
LMArena Math	—	1399

Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	65.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	5.9%
LMArena Expert	—	1362

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Non-English	—	1317
LMArena Chinese	—	1357
LMArena German	—	1341
LMArena Russian	—	1311

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1305

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
Fiction.LiveBench	—	74.2%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1327

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Text	—	1340
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1297
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1331

Frequently asked questions

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