Model comparison
Gemma 7B vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 54.1 to 27.2.
- Gemma 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 39.0 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 29.9 (#290), Nova 2 Lite: 40.1 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1386 |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 7B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 23.9 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 19.0 (#247), Nova 2 Lite: 26.4 (#120)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1364 |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.74 | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 28.7 (#225), Nova 2 Lite: 34.8 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 26.8 (#248), Nova 2 Lite: 42.5 (#88)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1002 | 1360 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 25.3 (#282), Nova 2 Lite: 47.3 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1024 | 1381 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1343 |
| LMArena German | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1273 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1284 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1372 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 51.7 (#290), Nova 2 Lite: 70.7 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1335 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#277), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 7B: 27.2 (#297), Nova 2 Lite: 54.1 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1338 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 7B better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 7B or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Nova 2 Lite share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.