Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Gemma 2 9B
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 39.7 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 83.5% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 21% for Gemma 2 9B.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 25.9 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 63.5% | 22.5% |
| Aider Polyglot | 35.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 34.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1173 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 60.1% | 15.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 68% | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.06 | 119.83 |
| LiveBench | 65.1% | 28.7% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1171 |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 71% | 19.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 83.5% | 21% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1183 |
| GSM8K | — | 84.9% |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.7% | 27.5% |
| Confabulations | 18.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1147 |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |
| MMLU | — | 72.1% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1185 |
| LMArena French | — | 1190 |
| LMArena German | — | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1200 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 83.4% | 52.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1178 |
Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1197 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 44.9% | 25.5% |
| LMArena Text | — | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1206 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1193 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Gemma 2 9B?
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemma 2 9B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.