Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Palm 2 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads 24.2 to 21.1.
- Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 28.3 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Palm 2: 28.5 (#306), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 995 | 999 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Palm 2: 18.2 (#270), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 976 |
Math Too close to call
Palm 2: 28.4 (#229), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | 1026 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 980 |
Multilingual Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Palm 2: 21.1 (#290), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | — | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 952 |
Instruction Following Palm 2 leads
Palm 2: 51.3 (#291), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | 979 |
Long Context Too close to call
Palm 2: 30.7 (#280), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Palm 2 leads
Palm 2: 25.7 (#299), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | 977 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (28.5 vs 28.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.