Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 58.6 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1447 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1359 |
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| WeirdML | — | 35.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 927.17 |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1439 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 141.85 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 6% |
| DTBench | — | 74.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1470 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 82.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 73.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1447 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1260 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1421 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1495 |
| LMArena French | — | 1460 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1417 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1420 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1428 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1434 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1305 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.