Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mercury 2.5
Gemma 2 2b IT and Mercury 2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.1 vs 33.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 32.6 to 23.3.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 33.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-09-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 260K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2.5 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Mercury 2.5: 39.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 38.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 301.65 |
Reasoning Mercury 2.5 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 3% |
| LMArena Math | 1135 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Mercury 2.5: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Mercury 2.5: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | — |
| LMArena French | 1157 | — |
| LMArena German | 1114 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Mercury 2.5: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Mercury 2.5: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Mercury 2.5: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mercury 2.5?
Gemma 2 2b IT and Mercury 2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.1 vs 33.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Mercury 2.5 better for coding?
Mercury 2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mercury 2.5 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2.5 has 4.