Model comparison
Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 35.1 to 19.3.
Side by side
| Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1292 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | 1271 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 31.5% | — |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1246 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1285 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1309 | 1272 |
| LMArena French | 1330 | 1280 |
| LMArena German | 1311 | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1272 | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1264 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1305 | 1256 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1255 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1306 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1287 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1276 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.