Qwen3 VL 2B Instruct is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 13 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the one area where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Images and charts rests on a single test.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 VL 2B Instruct pulls ahead
- Reads text in imagesOCRBench+3.2points ahead
Where Gemma 4 E2B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
Images and chartsQwen3 VL 2B Instruct
- OCRBenchQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 3.271.975.1+3.2
Other results12 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- ChartQA TestQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 26.143.269.3+26.1
- GQA TestDev_BalancedQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 18.538.757.2+18.5
- MMMU DEV_VALGemma 4 E2B by 9.847.737.9+9.8
- HallusionBenchQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 7.559.867.3+7.5
- MMLU testGemma 4 E2B by 6.269.263+6.2
- MMBench DEV_EN_V11Qwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 5.169.374.4+5.1
- DocVQA-valGemma 4 E2B by 3.285.782.5+3.2
- MMMBGemma 4 E2B by 274.372.3+2
- OCRBench v2_enGemma 4 E2B by 1.843.541.7+1.8
- MTL MMBench_DEVQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 1.664.866.4+1.6
- MMLU-Pro testGemma 4 E2B by 1.344.142.8+1.3
- MMBench_DEVtie0.60.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 4 E2B or Qwen3 VL 2B Instruct?
Qwen3 VL 2B Instruct wins the one area where both have results: images and charts. Gemma 4 E2B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 13 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 1 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.