Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Gemma 2 27B
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Gemma 2 27B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 29.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads 30.8 to 10.7.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 29.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 8K |
| Max output | — | 2K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 34 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 1211 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 42.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1198 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 28.1% |
| DTBench | — | 48% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 47.9% |
| LMCA | — | 7.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.08 |
| LiveBench | — | 38.2% |
Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | 1212 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.4% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 26.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 27.9% |
Knowledge Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | 1172 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 36.5% |
| Confabulations | — | 27.1% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
Multilingual Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | 1221 |
| LMArena German | 944 | 1209 |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | 1234 |
| LMArena French | — | 1247 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1228 |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 1206 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.1% |
Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 1231 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 1224 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 32.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Gemma 2 27B?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Gemma 2 27B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 29.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?
Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Gemma 2 27B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.