Model Comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Gemma 3 1B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 6 benchmarks (GPQA, GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MBPP, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen2 72B 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 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

71.0B diff

Qwen2 72B Instruct has 71.0B more parameters than Gemma 3 1B, making it 7100.0% larger.

Google
Gemma 3 1B
1.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
1.0B
Gemma 3 1B
72.0B
Qwen2 72B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3 1B is licensed under Gemma, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Gemma 3 1B

Gemma

Open weights

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3 1B was released on 2025-03-12, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Gemma 3 1B is 8 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Gemma 3 1B

Mar 12, 2025

1.1 years ago

7mo newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.8 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
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher GPQA score (42.4% vs 19.2%)
Higher GSM8k score (91.1% vs 62.8%)
Higher HumanEval score (86.0% vs 41.5%)
Higher MATH score (59.7% vs 48.0%)
Higher MBPP score (80.2% vs 35.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (64.4% vs 14.7%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Google
Gemma 3 1B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3 1B vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 3 1B is made by Google and Qwen2 72B 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 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.
Key differences include licensing (Gemma vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 3 1B is developed by Google and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.