Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Gemma 2B

Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 2B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemma 2B leads 48.5 to 38.7.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12b and Gemma 2B specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
ProviderDatabricksGoogle
Noometry Index25.529.6
Released2023-04-112024-02-21
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1723

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
LMArena Coding7761010
HumanEval+—20.7%
MBPP+—34.1%

Reasoning Gemma 2B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts804989
Epoch Capabilities Index89.6794.2
HellaSwag70.8%71.4%
PIQA75.4%77.3%
WinoGrande61.8%65.4%
BIG-Bench Hard—35.2%

Math Gemma 2B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
LMArena Math8711009
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 2B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%42.1%
BoolQ56.3%69.4%
MMLU26.2%42.3%
OpenBookQA39.2%—
TriviaQA—53.2%

Multilingual Gemma 2B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
LMArena Non-English836958
LMArena Chinese836986
LMArena Russian—937

Instruction Following Gemma 2B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following814970

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query—981

Writing & Preference Gemma 2B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bGemma 2B
LMArena Text8511002
LMArena Creative Writing864987
LMArena Multi-Turn740945

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Gemma 2B?

Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Gemma 2B better for coding?

Gemma 2B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.4 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Gemma 2B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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