Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Qwen3-1.7B

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT

Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Qwen3-1.7B

Alibaba (Qwen)

26.6

Rank #336 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 35.1 to 16.3.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	37.3	26.6
Released	—	2025-04-29
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	—
Max output	—	—
Input $ / M tokens	—	—
Output $ / M tokens	—	—
Results tracked	18	4

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Coding	1268	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	—	28.4%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
Kagi LLM Benchmark	31.5%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1284	—

Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	8.1%
LMArena Math	1251	—

Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond	—	38%
LMArena Expert	1246	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English	1285	—
LMArena Chinese	1309	—
LMArena French	1330	—
LMArena German	1311	—
LMArena Japanese	1272	—
LMArena Korean	1259	—
LMArena Russian	1288	—
LMArena Spanish	1305	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following	1255	—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query	1276	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3n E4b IT	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text	1306	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1287	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1276	—

Frequently asked questions

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