Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Qwen3-30B-A3B
Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 29.4 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 0 categories and Qwen3-30B-A3B in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-30B-A3B leads 55.9 to 25.7.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 38.5 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 41K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Palm 2: 28.5 (#306), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.0 (#188)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 995 | 1416 |
| SciCode | — | 33.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 29.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 29.5 (#75)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41.4% |
Reasoning Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Palm 2: 18.2 (#270), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 21.6 (#193)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1398 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 69.3% |
| LMCA | — | 22.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.63 |
Math Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Palm 2: 28.4 (#229), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 36.0 (#133)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | 1394 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 47.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70.3% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 41.7 (#96)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 70.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1395 |
Multilingual Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Palm 2: 21.1 (#290), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 49.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | 1434 |
| LMArena French | — | 1419 |
| LMArena German | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1338 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1333 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1369 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1403 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Palm 2: 51.3 (#291), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 72.2 (#137)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | 1364 |
Long Context Too close to call
Palm 2: 30.7 (#280), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 31.0 (#278)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | 1379 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 40.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Palm 2: 25.7 (#299), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 55.9 (#138)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | 1318 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | 1378 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 75.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Qwen3-30B-A3B?
Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Qwen3-30B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3-30B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen3-30B-A3B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-30B-A3B has 32.