Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Qwen3-4B

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 29.3.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen3-4B specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.531.5
Released—2025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked176

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Coding1112—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%
LMArena Math1135—

Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%
LMArena Expert1096—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English1121—
LMArena Chinese1132—
LMArena French1156—
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Russian1118—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following1118—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Text1156—
LMArena Creative Writing1147—
LMArena Multi-Turn1118—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Qwen3-4B?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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