Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemma 2B

Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.1

Rank #327 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.1

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 5 categories and Gemma 2B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2B leads 27.6 to 8.7.
  • Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemma 2B specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index27.129.1
Released2023-12-132024-02-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked2423

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270), Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
LMArena Coding11081010
HumanEval+55.5%20.7%
MBPP+61.4%34.1%

Reasoning Gemma 2B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292), Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts1109989
Epoch Capabilities Index116.9793.57
DTBench45.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—35.2%
HellaSwag—71.4%
PIQA—77.3%
WinoGrande—65.4%

Math Gemma 2B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315), Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
LMArena Math11321009
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
MATH Level 511.2%—
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286), Gemma 2B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
MMLU70%42.3%
GPQA Diamond34%—
LMArena Expert1059—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—42.1%
BoolQ—69.4%
TriviaQA—53.2%

Multilingual Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247), Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
LMArena Non-English1138958
LMArena Chinese1124986
LMArena Russian1186937
LMArena French1144—
LMArena German1125—
LMArena Japanese1023—
LMArena Spanish1118—

Instruction Following Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262), Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following1114971

Long Context Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query1132981

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259), Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 2B
LMArena Text11491002
LMArena Creative Writing1130986
LMArena Multi-Turn1139945

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Gemma 2B?

Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Gemma 2B better for coding?

Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemma 2B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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