Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Gemma 2 2b IT

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 75.5 to 57.8.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemma 2 2b IT specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index39.133.1
Released2025-02-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked1417

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1112

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1113
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06—
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1135
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
GPQA Diamond65.7%—
Confabulations18.4%—
LMArena Expert—1096

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Non-English—1121
LMArena Chinese—1132
LMArena French—1157
LMArena German—1114
LMArena Japanese—1083
LMArena Korean—1055
LMArena Russian—1118
LMArena Spanish—1140

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1118

Long Context Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1130

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Text—1156
LMArena Creative Writing—1147
LMArena Multi-Turn—1118
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Gemma 2 2b IT?

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemma 2 2b IT share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.

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