Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 32.6 to 16.2.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.130.1
Released—2024-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked177

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding1112—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—
Epoch Capabilities Index—128.52

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math1135—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
LMArena Expert1096—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1121—
LMArena Chinese1132—
LMArena French1157—
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Russian1118—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1118—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1156—
LMArena Creative Writing1147—
LMArena Multi-Turn1118—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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