Model comparison
Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads 54.4 to 36.5.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 39.5 | 33.1 |
| Released | 2025-02-24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 58 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 40.6 (#136), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | 1112 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 61% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 52.8% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 64.9% | — |
| GSO | 3.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 74.5% | — |
| CadEval | 54% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 34.1 (#50), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 30.9% | — |
| Cybench | 20% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 43.6% | — |
| OSWorld | 35.8% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 60% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 18.6 (#277), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | 1113 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 46.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 28.6% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 4.2% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 87.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 74% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.16 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.8 | — |
| LiveBench | 76.1% | — |
Math Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 37.5 (#153), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1337 | 1135 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 33% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 79% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 91.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 4.1% | — |
Knowledge Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 39.8 (#130), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1321 | 1096 |
| GPQA Diamond | 79.7% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 78.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 14.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 60.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 33.7 (#95), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1169 | — |
| GeoBench | 68% | — |
| VPCT | 39% | — |
| SpatialViz-Bench | 33.9% | — |
Multilingual Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 44.1 (#179), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1296 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1299 | 1132 |
| LMArena French | 1303 | 1157 |
| LMArena German | 1301 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1267 | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | 1249 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1311 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1298 | 1140 |
Instruction Following Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 72.9 (#125), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1352 | 1118 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 81.3% | — |
| IFEval | 83.4% | — |
Long Context Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 50.3 (#10), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | 1130 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 54.4 (#150), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1314 | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1332 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1118 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 81.1% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| WildBench | 81.4% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 59.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has 58 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.