Model comparison
Gemma 7B vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 62.2 to 27.1.
- Gemma 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 47.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 7B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1449 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.99 | 147.65 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1001 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | 1025 | 1455 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1434 |
| LMArena German | — | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1425 |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1439 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1438 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 7B better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 7B or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.