Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Gemma 4 31B IT
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 43.2 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 73.3% for Gemma 4 31B IT.
- Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.34 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1366 |
| SciCode | — | 43.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 52.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1459 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 925.5 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 82.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 142.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 70.6% |
| CritPt | — | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 53% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1448 |
| LMCA | — | 39.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 30.6% |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 75.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 10.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1465 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1277 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1425 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1476 |
| LMArena French | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1460 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1444 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1433 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1446 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1415 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1368 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1120 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1452 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Gemma 4 31B IT?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Gemma 4 31B IT share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.