Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 74.6 to 58.1.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 34.8 | 32.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1351 | 1112 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1113 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1351 | 1135 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1340 | 1096 |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1132 |
| LMArena French | 1390 | 1156 |
| LMArena German | 1354 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1293 | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | 1314 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1140 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1118 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1130 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1118 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.8 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.