Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Gemma 2 27B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads 24.9 to 19.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 27.9% for Gemma 2 27B and 56.1% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 30.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | 131K |
| Max output | 2K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | 52.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | — |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | 128.52 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | 7.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | 56.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1212 | — |
Knowledge Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | 46.1% |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | — |
| LMArena French | 1247 | — |
| LMArena German | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Gemma 2 27B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.