Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Llama 13b

Llama 13b is the stronger model overall, scoring 24.4 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Llama 13b

Summary

The widest gap is in math, where Llama 13b leads 26.7 to 10.2.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Llama 13b specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
Provider	Google	Meta
Noometry Index	21.1	24.4
Released	2025-03-12	2023-02-24
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	—
Max output	—	—
Input $ / M tokens	—	—
Output $ / M tokens	—	—
Results tracked	4	21

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
LMArena Coding	—	683

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Llama 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	—

Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	728
BIG-Bench Hard	—	37.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	100.58
HellaSwag	—	79.2%
LAMBADA	—	75.2%
PIQA	—	80.1%
WinoGrande	—	73%

Math Llama 13b leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	—
LMArena Math	—	838
GSM8K	—	20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	—
ARC (AI2) Challenge	—	52.7%
BoolQ	—	78.7%
MMLU	—	47.7%
OpenBookQA	—	56.4%
TriviaQA	—	77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
ScienceQA	—	43.3%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
LMArena Non-English	—	819

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following	—	781

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Llama 13b
LMArena Text	—	834
LMArena Creative Writing	—	794
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	753

Frequently asked questions

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