Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Qwen1.5-72B

Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.1

Rank #305 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.3

Rank #282 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen1.5-72B leads 37.4 to 24.1.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and Qwen1.5-72B specifications
Gemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.130.3
Released2024-02-212024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2322

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-72B leads

Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Coding10101166
HumanEval+20.7%59.1%
MBPP+34.1%61.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.3%

Reasoning Qwen1.5-72B leads

Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Qwen1.5-72B: 21.2 (#201)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts9891148
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index93.57—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Qwen1.5-72B leads

Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Qwen1.5-72B: 30.7 (#205)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Math10091164
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
GPQA Diamond—28.8%
LMArena Expert—1136
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-72B leads

Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.4 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Non-English9581135
LMArena Chinese9861186
LMArena Russian9371104
LMArena French—1158
LMArena German—1084
LMArena Japanese—1061
LMArena Korean—1049
LMArena Spanish—1110

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-72B leads

Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.6 (#251)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Instruction Following9711142

Long Context Qwen1.5-72B leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.0 (#238)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Longer Query9811157

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-72B leads

Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.4 (#253)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Text10021166
LMArena Creative Writing9861137
LMArena Multi-Turn9451160

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen1.5-72B?

Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-72B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.4 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen1.5-72B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.

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