Model comparison
Gemma 4 31B IT vs Qwen2.5-Max
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 41.3 to 34.3.
- Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.09 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.34 | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1364 | — |
| SciCode | 43.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 925.5 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1360 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.74 | 132.54 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 70.6% | — |
| CritPt | 1.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 53% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| DTBench | 82.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LMCA | 39.3% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 30.6% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1464 | 1369 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 10.4% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1425 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1478 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1396 |
| LMArena Russian | 1462 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1443 | 1377 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1299 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1304 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1368 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1120 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (41.9 vs 41.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Qwen2.5-Max share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.