Gemma 2 9B vs QvQ-72B-Preview

Comparing Gemma 2 9B by Google and QvQ-72B-Preview by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Gemma 2 9B and QvQ-72B-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 9B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

64.2B diff

QvQ-72B-Preview has 64.2B more parameters than Gemma 2 9B, making it 694.4% larger.

Google
Gemma 2 9B
9.2Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
73.4Bparameters
9.2B
Gemma 2 9B
73.4B
QvQ-72B-Preview

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

QvQ-72B-Preview supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 9B does not.

QvQ-72B-Preview can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 2 9B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QvQ-72B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 9B is licensed under Gemma, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.

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

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

QvQ-72B-Preview

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.

QvQ-72B-Preview is 6 months newer than Gemma 2 9B.

Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

1.7 years ago

QvQ-72B-Preview

Dec 25, 2024

1.2 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QvQ-72B-Preview

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview