Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Gemma 2 2b IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.2 vs 33.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 48.7 to 36.5.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 33.1 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1112 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1113 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1135 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1096 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1132 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1157 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1140 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1118 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1130 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1118 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Gemma 2 2b IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.2 vs 33.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.