Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs GPT-6 Luna

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

GPT-6 Luna OpenAI

53.3

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Luna in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Luna leads 76.1 to 32.6.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and GPT-6 Luna specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index33.153.3
Released—2026-09-22
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.10
Output $ / M tokens—$0.50
Results tracked1742

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Coding11121439
DeepSWE—66.6%
FrontierCode—42.4%
LMArena WebDev—1581
SciCode—54.6%
ALE-Bench—1,577

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
APEX-Agents—44.3%
GDP.pdf—23%

Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Hard Prompts11131411
ARC-AGI-2—59.3%
NYT Connections (extended)—68.7%
ARC-AGI-1—86.7%
CritPt—19.4%
Chess Puzzles—31%
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
DTBench—90.1%
LMCA—44.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.28

Math GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Math11351416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—78.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—56.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—98.9%
ProofBench—64%

Knowledge GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Expert10961444
GPQA Diamond—90.5%
SimpleQA Verified—41.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Vision—1217
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—44.2%

Multilingual GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Non-English11211386
LMArena Chinese11321433
LMArena French11571420
LMArena German11141369
LMArena Japanese10831369
LMArena Korean10551360
LMArena Russian11181394
LMArena Spanish11401393

Instruction Following GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Instruction Following11181409

Long Context GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Longer Query11301409

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Text11561391
LMArena Creative Writing11471363
LMArena Multi-Turn11181396

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Luna has 42.

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