Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemma 2 9B was created as a more compact open-source model, designed to deliver capable performance with reduced computational requirements. Built with 9 billion parameters and instruction tuning, it serves applications where efficiency and accessibility are valued alongside the benefits of open-source availability.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B Thinking was developed as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the large-scale Qwen3 architecture. Built to combine deliberate analytical processing with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves tasks requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
1 year newer

Gemma 2 9B
2024-06-27

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-25
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 2 9B

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Novita

Gemma 2 9B

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

Gemma 2 9B

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507