Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs GPT-4.1
GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and GPT-4.1 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.1 leads 57.8 to 36.6.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 35.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-14 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $8 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 52 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-4.1 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), GPT-4.1: 34.2 (#228)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1391 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 48.5% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 39.6% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 52.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 39% |
| CadEval | — | 42% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 558.1 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-4.1: 34.4 (#40)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 54% |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), GPT-4.1: 11.7 (#334)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1384 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 27% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 52.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 6% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 2.2% |
| DTBench | — | 68.3% |
| LMCA | — | 25.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.79 |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.5 |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), GPT-4.1: 21.4 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1369 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 38.3% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 47.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 83% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 5.5% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge GPT-4.1 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), GPT-4.1: 37.0 (#152)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1364 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 66.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 5.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 31.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 81.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 65.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-4.1: 37.5 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1210 |
| GeoBench | — | 72% |
Multilingual GPT-4.1 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), GPT-4.1: 49.6 (#128)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1370 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1156 | 1383 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1380 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1320 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 1339 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1377 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1375 |
Instruction Following GPT-4.1 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), GPT-4.1: 71.5 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1367 |
| IFEval | — | 83.8% |
Long Context GPT-4.1 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), GPT-4.1: 40.0 (#158)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1385 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 63.9% |
Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), GPT-4.1: 57.8 (#120)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1383 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1363 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1398 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1420 |
| WildBench | — | 85.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than GPT-4.1?
GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or GPT-4.1 better for coding?
GPT-4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and GPT-4.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.1 has 52.