Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Gemma 2B
Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 1 category and Gemma 2B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2B leads 30.0 to 10.2.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 29.6 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2B leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1010 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 20.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 34.1% |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 94.2 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 989 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 35.2% |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 71.4% |
| PIQA | — | 77.3% |
| WinoGrande | — | 65.4% |
Math Gemma 2B leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1009 |
| GSM8K | — | 17.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 73.5% | 42.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 42.1% |
| BoolQ | — | 69.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 53.2% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 958 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 986 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 937 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 970 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 981 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1002 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 987 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 945 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Gemma 2B?
Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Gemma 2B better for coding?
Gemma 2B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.4 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Gemma 2B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.