Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 61.6 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Gemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index21.151.5
Released2025-03-122026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked433

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
LMArena Coding—1498
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
Chess Puzzles0%19%
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1483
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LMCA—44%
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.68

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%95.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
ProofBench—26%
LMArena Math—1490

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond19.9%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
LMArena Expert—1488

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English—1474
LMArena Chinese—1530
LMArena Russian—1484

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following—1460

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query—1482

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text—1476
LMArena Creative Writing—1449
EQ-Bench 4—1110
LMArena Multi-Turn—1481

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Qwen3.7 Max share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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