Model comparison
Gemma 7B vs Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 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 Qwen3.8 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 31.2.
- Gemma 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 56.8 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-08-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1502 |
| DeepSWE | — | 57.5% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1674 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 17.8% |
| SciCode | — | 53.2% |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 7B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 63.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 55.1% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 23.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1496 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.99 | 156.41 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 88.3% |
| CritPt | — | 20% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 40% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 38% |
| DTBench | — | 92% |
| LMCA | — | 46.2% |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |
Math Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | 1499 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1001 | 1507 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 92.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 47.3% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 7B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1314 |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 20% |
Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1538 |
| LMArena French | 1025 | 1503 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1481 |
| LMArena German | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1467 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1461 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1492 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1479 |
Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1489 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads
Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1483 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1479 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1489 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 7B better than Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 7B or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?
Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Qwen3.8 Max share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.