Model comparison

Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemma 1.1 2b IT

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet Anthropic

39.5

Rank #164 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 1.1 2b IT in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads 54.4 to 25.1.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 1.1 2b IT specifications
Claude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index39.529.3
Released2025-02-24—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked5816

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Category by category

Coding Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 40.6 (#136), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Coding13611034
SWE-bench Verified61%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)52.8%—
Aider Polyglot64.9%—
GSO3.8%—
LiveBench Coding74.5%—
CadEval54%—
HumanEval+—17.7%
MBPP+—23.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 34.1 (#50), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
TheAgentCompany30.9%—
Cybench20%—
DeepResearch Bench43.6%—
OSWorld35.8%—
METR Time Horizons60%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 18.6 (#277), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13331005
ARC-AGI-20.9%—
SimpleBench46.4%—
ARC-AGI-128.6%—
EnigmaEval4.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning87.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis74%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.16—
ForecastBench61.8—
LiveBench76.1%—

Math Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 37.5 (#153), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Math13371047
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%—
Omni-MATH33%—
LiveBench Math79%—
MATH Level 591.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.1%—

Knowledge Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 39.8 (#130), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Expert1321970
GPQA Diamond79.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam8%—
MMLU-Pro78.4%—
Confabulations14.7%—
GPQA (HELM)60.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 33.7 (#95), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Vision1169—
GeoBench68%—
VPCT39%—
SpatialViz-Bench33.9%—

Multilingual Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 44.1 (#179), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Non-English1296988
LMArena Chinese12991012
LMArena German1301944
LMArena Korean1249899
LMArena Russian1311990
LMArena French1303—
LMArena Japanese1267—
LMArena Spanish1298—

Instruction Following Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 72.9 (#125), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following1352992
LiveBench Instruction Following81.3%—
IFEval83.4%—

Long Context Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 50.3 (#10), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query13731003
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—

Writing & Preference Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 54.4 (#150), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Text13141022
LMArena Creative Writing1332998
LMArena Multi-Turn1339959
Short-Story Creative Writing81.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1412—
WildBench81.4%—
LiveBench Language59.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet better than Gemma 1.1 2b IT?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemma 1.1 2b IT better for coding?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 1.1 2b IT share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has 58 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16.

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