Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Gemma 2B
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Gemma 2B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 29.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 29.6 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 1010 |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | 20.7% |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | 34.1% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 989 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 35.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 94.2 |
| HellaSwag | — | 71.4% |
| PIQA | — | 77.3% |
| WinoGrande | — | 65.4% |
Math Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | 1009 |
| GSM8K | — | 17.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 42.1% |
| BoolQ | — | 69.4% |
| MMLU | — | 42.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 53.2% |
Multilingual Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 958 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | 986 |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | 937 |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 970 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 981 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1002 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 987 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 945 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Gemma 2B?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Gemma 2B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 29.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Gemma 2B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (30.1 vs 29.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Gemma 2B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.