Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Palm 2 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 25.6.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 37.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Palm 2: 29.0 (#311), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 994 | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Palm 2: 19.1 (#271), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Palm 2 leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#231), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Palm 2: 20.9 (#295), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Palm 2: 51.0 (#296), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | 1303 |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#285), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Palm 2: 25.6 (#304), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen Plus share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.