Gemma 4 E2B vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Gemma 4 E2B· Qwen2.5-VL-32B

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen2.5-VL-32B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E2B only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 128K context window or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Qwen2.5-VL-32B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 50 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen2.5-VL-32B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 60.8 against 54.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU-Pro, 60% to 68.8%.

Gemma 4 E2B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen2.5-VL-32B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Gemma 4 E2B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Qwen2.5-VL-32B.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K32K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGemma 4 E2BQwen2.5-VL-32B
Agentic
Coming soon
Coding
LiveCodeBench44%
HumanEval91.5%
Multimodal & GroundedQwen2.5-VL-32B wins
MMMU-Pro44.2%49.5%
Reasoning
BBH21.9%
MRCRv219.1%
KnowledgeQwen2.5-VL-32B wins
GPQA43.4%46%
MMLU-Pro60%68.8%
Instruction Following
Coming soon
Multilingual
Coming soon
Mathematics
Coming soon
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Gemma 4 E2B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Qwen2.5-VL-32B is ahead overall, 50 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU-Pro, where the scores are 60% and 68.8%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Qwen2.5-VL-32B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.8 versus 54.1. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Qwen2.5-VL-32B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 49.5 versus 44.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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