Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 32.6 to 10.7.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 33.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1112 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1113 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1135 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1096 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1132 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1157 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1140 |
Instruction Following Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1118 |
Long Context Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1130 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1118 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.