Model Comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs QwQ-32B-Preview

Comparing Gemma 2 27B and QwQ-32B-Preview across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Gemma 2 27B and QwQ-32B-Preview don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.20
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

5.3B diff

QwQ-32B-Preview has 5.3B more parameters than Gemma 2 27B, making it 19.5% larger.

Google
Gemma 2 27B
27.2Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
32.5Bparameters
27.2B
Gemma 2 27B
32.5B
QwQ-32B-Preview

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only QwQ-32B-Preview specifies input context (32,768 tokens). Only QwQ-32B-Preview specifies output context (32,768 tokens).

Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 27B is licensed under Gemma, while QwQ-32B-Preview uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

QwQ-32B-Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27, while QwQ-32B-Preview was released on 2024-11-28.

QwQ-32B-Preview is 5 months newer than Gemma 2 27B.

Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

1.8 years ago

QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 28, 2024

1.4 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B-Preview has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B-Preview's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date.

Gemma 2 27B

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QwQ-32B-Preview

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QwQ-32B-Preview

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (32,768 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B-Preview

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 2 27B vs QwQ-32B-Preview

Gemma 2 27B (Google) and QwQ-32B-Preview (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Gemma 2 27B scores ARC-E: 88.6%, HellaSwag: 86.4%, BoolQ: 84.8%, TriviaQA: 83.7%, Winogrande: 83.7%. QwQ-32B-Preview scores MATH-500: 90.6%, GPQA: 65.2%, AIME 2024: 50.0%, LiveCodeBench: 50.0%.
Gemma 2 27B supports an unknown number of tokens and QwQ-32B-Preview supports 33K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Gemma vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google and QwQ-32B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.