Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Gemma 4 31B IT
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 24.9 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 31B IT in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 60.7 to 15.3.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.34 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1459 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1364 |
| SciCode | — | 43.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 52.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 925.5 |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1448 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 142.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 70.6% |
| CritPt | — | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 53% |
| DTBench | — | 82.7% |
| LMCA | — | 39.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 30.6% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1464 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 75.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 10.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1465 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1425 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1462 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1443 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1433 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1446 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1416 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1452 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1368 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1120 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Gemma 4 31B IT?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Gemma 4 31B IT better for coding?
Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Gemma 4 31B IT share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.