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# Gemma 2 9B

> Gemma 2 9B by Google, released June 2024. Ranked #341 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 25.9. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/gemma-2-9b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Gemma 2 9B Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Gemma 2 9B by Google ranks 341st of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 25.9. Its strongest category is long context, where it ranks 233rd.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #341 of 354
- **Index score:** 25.9
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 35 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google)
- **Released:** June 24, 2024
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** —
- **Max output:** —
- **Input price:** Not listed
- **Output price:** Not listed
- **Blended price:** Not listed
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** Not ranked
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Gemma 2 9B category scores

1.  Coding 29.4
2.  Reasoning 15.9
3.  Math 9.9
4.  Knowledge 9.7
5.  Multilingual 36.6
6.  Instruction Following 57.6
7.  Long Context 36.3
8.  Writing & Preference 32.1
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Gemma 2 9B category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 29.4 | #304 | 4 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 15.9 | #309 | 3 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 9.9 | #318 | 4 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 9.7 | #305 | 2 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 36.6 | #238 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 57.6 | #269 | 2 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 36.3 | #233 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 32.1 | #281 | 5 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Gemma 2 9B places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Gemma 2 9B: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 36.3 | −4.7 | #233 of 296, top 79% |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 36.6 | −10.8 | #238 of 297, top 81% |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 57.6 | −13.7 | #269 of 305, top 89% |

### Weakest categories

Gemma 2 9B: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 9.9 | −26.6 | #318 of 327, top 98% |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 9.7 | −27.6 | #305 of 314, top 98% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 32.1 | −21.6 | #281 of 312, top 91% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Gemma 2 9B. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Gemma 2 9B
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mistral Nemo](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-nemo) | #337 | 26.4 | $0.15 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-mistral-nemo) |
| [Ministral 3B](https://noometry.com/models/ministral-3b) | #338 | 26.2 | $0.10 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-ministral-3b) |
| [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1-5b) | #339 | 26.1 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1-5b-vs-gemma-2-9b) |
| [Claude 3 Haiku](https://noometry.com/models/claude-3-haiku) | #340 | 25.9 | — | 41 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-haiku-vs-gemma-2-9b) |
| [Dolly 2.0-12b](https://noometry.com/models/dolly-2-0-12b) | #342 | 25.5 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-gemma-2-9b) |
| [GPT-4o mini](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4o-mini) | #343 | 25.5 | $0.26 | 120 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-gpt-4o-mini) |
| [Llama 3-8B](https://noometry.com/models/llama-3-8b) | #344 | 25.5 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-llama-3-8b) |
| [Claude 2.1](https://noometry.com/models/claude-2-1) | #345 | 25.2 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-1-vs-gemma-2-9b) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Gemma 2 9B Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [BigCodeBench Instruct](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/bigcodebench-instruct) | 34.7% | #47 of 64, top 74% |  | [BigCodeBench](https://bigcode-bench.github.io/) | 2024-06-19 |
| [LiveBench Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-coding) | 22.5% | #33 of 39, top 85% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1173 | #249 of 294, top 85% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [BigCodeBench Complete](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/bigcodebench-complete) | 40.6% | #50 of 66, top 76% |  | [BigCodeBench](https://bigcode-bench.github.io/) | 2024-06-19 |

### Reasoning

Gemma 2 9B Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LiveBench Reasoning](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-reasoning) | 15.2% | #39 of 39, top 100% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1171 | #248 of 297, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LiveBench Data Analysis](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-data-analysis) | 36.4% | #34 of 39, top 88% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [Epoch Capabilities Index](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/epoch-capabilities-index) | 119.83 | #169 of 213, top 80% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/eci) | 2024-06-24 |
| [LiveBench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench) | 28.7% | #35 of 39, top 90% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [PIQA](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/piqa) | 83.7% | #8 of 27, top 30% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Math

Gemma 2 9B Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/otis-mock-aime) | 0.6% | #170 of 173, top 99% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-03-07 |
| [LiveBench Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-math) | 19.8% | #35 of 39, top 90% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1183 | #239 of 285, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [MATH Level 5](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/math-level-5) | 21% | #63 of 79, top 80% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-01-27 |
| [GSM8K](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/gsm8k) | 84.9% | #9 of 38, top 24% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Knowledge

Gemma 2 9B Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GPQA Diamond](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/gpqa-diamond) | 27.5% | #175 of 186, top 95% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-01-27 |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1147 | #237 of 273, top 87% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [BoolQ](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/boolq) | 85.7% | #8 of 23, top 35% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [MMLU](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/mmlu) | 72.1% | #40 of 81, top 50% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Multilingual

Gemma 2 9B Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1188 | #238 of 297, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1185 | #238 of 285, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1190 | #195 of 223, top 88% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1186 | #196 of 231, top 85% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1144 | #177 of 211, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 1137 | #185 of 213, top 87% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1200 | #234 of 283, top 83% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Spanish](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-spanish) | 1200 | #194 of 226, top 86% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Gemma 2 9B Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LiveBench Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-if) | 52.6% | #36 of 39, top 93% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1178 | #244 of 298, top 82% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Gemma 2 9B Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1197 | #242 of 291, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Gemma 2 9B Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1207 | #242 of 297, top 82% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1206 | #229 of 295, top 78% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [EQ-Bench Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/eqbench-creative-writing) | 841 | #103 of 115, top 90% |  | [EQ-Bench](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing.html) |  |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1193 | #239 of 295, top 82% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LiveBench Language](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-language) | 25.5% | #32 of 39, top 83% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

## Compare Gemma 2 9B

-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Gemma 7B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-gemma-7b)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Claude 3 Haiku](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-haiku-vs-gemma-2-9b)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Dolly 2.0-12b](https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-gemma-2-9b)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B](https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1-5b-vs-gemma-2-9b)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs GPT-4o mini](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-gpt-4o-mini)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Ministral 3B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-ministral-3b)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Llama 3-8B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-llama-3-8b)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-gpt-6-astra)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-gemma-2-9b)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-kimi-k3)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-grok-4-6)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-glm-5-3)
-   [Gemma 2 9B vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-muse-spark-1-3)

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## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Gemma 2 9B?

Gemma 2 9B by Google ranks 341st of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 25.9. Its strongest category is long context, where it ranks 233rd.

### Is Gemma 2 9B open source?

Yes. Gemma 2 9B's weights are downloadable; check the license for commercial terms.

### What are Gemma 2 9B's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Gemma 2 9B places best in long context, multilingual, instruction following and lowest in math, knowledge, writing & preference.

### What is Gemma 2 9B best at?

Its best category is long context, where it ranks 233rd on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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