Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 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 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 25.6.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Palm 2: 29.0 (#311), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 994 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Palm 2: 19.1 (#271), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#231), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | 1365 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1338 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Palm 2: 20.9 (#295), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena German | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Palm 2: 51.0 (#296), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | 1355 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#285), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Palm 2: 25.6 (#304), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.