Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 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-VL 235B-A22B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 60.2 to 25.6.
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 43.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Palm 2: 29.0 (#311), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 994 | 1439 |
Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Palm 2: 19.1 (#271), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1428 |
Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#231), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | 1426 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1442 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1247 |
Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Palm 2: 20.9 (#295), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | — | 1452 |
| LMArena German | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1408 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1428 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Palm 2: 51.0 (#296), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | 1406 |
Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#285), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | 1420 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Palm 2: 25.6 (#304), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | 1366 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | 1428 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.