Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Gemma 2B

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) Google

32.1

Rank #261 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Gemma 2B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 52.4 to 24.0.
  • Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemma 2B specifications
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index32.129.6
Released2024-02-152024-02-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked4523

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Coding12941010
HumanEval+79.3%20.7%
MBPP+74.6%34.1%
WeirdML22.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct43.8%—
BigCodeBench Complete57.5%—
CadEval34%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Gemma 2B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
TheAgentCompany3.4%—
Cybench7.5%—
BALROG21%—

Reasoning Gemma 2B leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts1296989
BIG-Bench Hard89.2%35.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index131.7394.2
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench27.1%—
DTBench59%—
ForecastBench58.4—
HellaSwag—71.4%
PIQA—77.3%
WinoGrande—65.4%

Math Gemma 2B leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Math13151009
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202523.1%—
Omni-MATH36.4%—
MATH Level 570.4%—
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Gemma 2B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
MMLU86.9%42.3%
GPQA Diamond57.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam4.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations13.5%—
GPQA (HELM)53.4%—
LMArena Expert1279—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—42.1%
BoolQ—69.4%
TriviaQA—53.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Gemma 2B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Vision1161—
Video-MME75%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Non-English1312958
LMArena Chinese1331986
LMArena Russian1320937
LMArena French1302—
LMArena German1286—
LMArena Japanese1292—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Spanish1311—

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following1297970
IFEval83.7%—

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query1308981

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2B
LMArena Text13191002
LMArena Creative Writing1333987
LMArena Multi-Turn1296945
WildBench81.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Gemma 2B?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Gemma 2B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemma 2B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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