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Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Astra in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 19.1.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.370.8
Released—2026-09-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$10
Output $ / M tokens—$50
Results tracked1656

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Coding10341487
DeepSWE—74.1%
FrontierCode—53.3%
LMArena WebDev—1786
FrontierSWE—65.5%
SciCode—56.5%
GSO—79.4%
WeirdML—93.6%
MirrorCode—46.7%
ALE-Bench—2,951
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
APEX-Agents—64.7%
Remote Labor Index—20.8%
BALROG—68.3%
GDP.pdf—34.2%
Vending-Bench 2—15,515

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Hard Prompts10051462
ARC-AGI-2—95%
NYT Connections (extended)—98.1%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—31.7%
Chess Puzzles—72%
EBR-Bench—76.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles—84%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—64.4%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14
Epoch Capabilities Index—166.45

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Math10471465
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—93.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—97.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—99%
FrontierMath Erdős—2.9%

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Expert9701483
GPQA Diamond—95.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—54.8%
SimpleQA Verified—75.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Vision—1281
Blueprint-Bench 2—49.7%
Furniture Assembly—80%
LMArena Document—1468

Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Non-English9881430
LMArena Chinese10121484
LMArena German9441440
LMArena Korean8991426
LMArena Russian9901436
LMArena French—1456
LMArena Japanese—1379
LMArena Spanish—1407

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Instruction Following9921450

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Longer Query10031456

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Text10221441
LMArena Creative Writing9981418
LMArena Multi-Turn9591448
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2173

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or GPT-6 Astra better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and GPT-6 Astra share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Astra has 56.

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