Model comparison
Gemini 1.0 Pro vs StarCoder 2 3B
Gemini 1.0 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#332); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2023-12-13 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding StarCoder 2 3B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | 27.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | 88.76 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | — |
| DTBench | 45.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 70% | 36.6% |
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | — |
| LMArena French | 1145 | — |
| LMArena German | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than StarCoder 2 3B?
Gemini 1.0 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#332); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?
StarCoder 2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and StarCoder 2 3B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.