Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen3.5 27B
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 27B leads 37.4 to 7.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 41.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 38.6 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1357 |
| WeirdML | — | 39.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1427 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 349.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Qwen3.5 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 201.98 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 27B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Qwen3.5 27B: 26.6 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 47.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1414 |
| DTBench | — | 82.4% |
| LMCA | — | 34% |
Math Qwen3.5 27B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Qwen3.5 27B: 36.8 (#103)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1428 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 27B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Qwen3.5 27B: 37.4 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1428 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 38.7 (#56)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1240 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 51.0 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1390 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1409 |
| LMArena German | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1345 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1359 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1408 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 73.7 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1393 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#103)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 59.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1409 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1410 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Qwen3.5 27B?
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Qwen3.5 27B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.