Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 35.3 to 28.5.
- Qwen3.5-9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 33.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads
Palm 2: 28.5 (#306), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 995 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
Palm 2: 18.2 (#270), Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.45 |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Palm 2: 28.4 (#229), Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1049 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Palm 2: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Palm 2: 21.1 (#290), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Palm 2: 51.3 (#291), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Palm 2: 30.7 (#280), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Palm 2: 25.7 (#299), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?
Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Qwen3.5-9B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.