Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in long context, where Qwen3 8B leads 37.9 to 30.8.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 33.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 8B leads
Palm 2: 29.0 (#311), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 994 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Palm 2 leads
Palm 2: 19.1 (#271), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Qwen3 8B leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#231), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1049 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Palm 2: 20.9 (#295), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Palm 2: 51.0 (#296), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | — |
Long Context Qwen3 8B leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#285), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Palm 2: 25.6 (#304), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Qwen3 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.