Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Gemma 2B

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.1

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 30.6 to 24.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Gemma 2B specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index30.729.1
Released—2024-02-21
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked1923

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Coding10841010
HumanEval+35.4%20.7%
MBPP+45%34.1%

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts1071989
BIG-Bench Hard—35.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—93.57
HellaSwag—71.4%
PIQA—77.3%
WinoGrande—65.4%

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Math11071009
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Gemma 2B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Expert1039—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—42.1%
BoolQ—69.4%
MMLU—42.3%
TriviaQA—53.2%

Multilingual Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Non-English1052958
LMArena Chinese1060986
LMArena Russian1046937
LMArena French1064—
LMArena German1054—
LMArena Japanese971—
LMArena Korean988—
LMArena Spanish1049—

Instruction Following Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following1057971

Long Context Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query1056981

Writing & Preference Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2B
LMArena Text10941002
LMArena Creative Writing1059986
LMArena Multi-Turn1040945

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Gemma 2B?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Gemma 2B better for coding?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.0 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Gemma 2B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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