# Gemma 2B vs Qwen-14B

> Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2b-vs-qwen-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen-14B in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen-14B leads 27.7 to 23.1.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 305 | 273 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300)
- Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1072 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275)
- Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1027 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 93.57 | 112.8 |
| PIQA | 77.3% | 79.9% |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237)
- Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1068 |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | 61.3% |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2B: —
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | 84.4% |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | 86.2% |
| MMLU | 42.3% | 66.3% |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289)
- Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1042 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1077 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297)
- Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 971 | 1031 |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286)
- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1029 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303)
- Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 986 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1022 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2B or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.6 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen-14B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.