Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Qwen1.5-7B

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.1

Rank #305 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 29.8 to 24.1.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Gemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.130.8
Released2024-02-212024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2313

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding10101107
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts9891066
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index93.57—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math10091080
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
MMLU42.3%62.6%
LMArena Expert—1055
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multilingual Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English9581058
LMArena Chinese9861140
LMArena Russian9371006

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following9711058

Long Context Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query9811090

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-7B leads

Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text10021084
LMArena Creative Writing9861035
LMArena Multi-Turn9451061

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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