Model Comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

8 benchmarks

Gemma 3 1B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (IFEval), while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is better at 7 benchmarks (GPQA, GSM8k, HumanEval, LiveCodeBench, MATH, MBPP, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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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 3 1B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.30
Output tokens$0.30
Best providerTogether
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

6.6B diff

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 6.6B more parameters than Gemma 3 1B, making it 661.0% larger.

Google
Gemma 3 1B
1.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
7.6Bparameters
1.0B
Gemma 3 1B
7.6B
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemma 3 1B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3 1B is licensed under Gemma, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemma 3 1B

Gemma

Open weights

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3 1B was released on 2025-03-12, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Gemma 3 1B is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.

Gemma 3 1B

Mar 12, 2025

1.1 years ago

5mo newer
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

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

Google
Higher IFEval score (80.2% vs 71.2%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (131,072 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (36.4% vs 19.2%)
Higher GSM8k score (91.6% vs 62.8%)
Higher HumanEval score (84.8% vs 41.5%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (28.7% vs 1.9%)
Higher MATH score (75.5% vs 48.0%)
Higher MBPP score (79.2% vs 35.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (56.3% vs 14.7%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Google
Gemma 3 1B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 3 1B is made by Google and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemma 3 1B scores IFEval: 80.2%, GSM8k: 62.8%, Natural2Code: 56.0%, MATH: 48.0%, HumanEval: 41.5%. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.6%, MT-Bench: 87.5%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MBPP: 79.2%, MATH: 75.5%.
Gemma 3 1B supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct supports 131K 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 3 1B is developed by Google and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.