Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemma 2 2b IT

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Google

45.0

Rank #75 Confirmed

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads 63.7 to 36.5.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemma 2 2b IT specifications
Gemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index45.033.1
Released2025-03-25—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7817

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 42.4 (#101), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Coding14521112
SWE-bench Verified57.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)53.6%—
Aider Polyglot83.1%—
LMArena WebDev1227—
SciCode42.8%—
GSO3.9%—
WeirdML54%—
LiveBench Coding85.9%—
CadEval64%—
ALE-Bench785.52—
AlgoTune1.51—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 29.2 (#88), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
Terminal-Bench32.6%—
GDPval23.3%—
Remote Labor Index0.8%—
TheAgentCompany30.3%—
τ²-bench Banking13.7%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
BALROG43.3%—
LMArena Search1142—
METR Time Horizons55.4%—
Vending-Bench 2573.64—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 28.8 (#99), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14551113
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench62.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-141%—
CritPt2%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
EnigmaEval5.6%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.8%—
DTBench82.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis79.9%—
LMCA34.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.32—
ForecastBench61.3—
LiveBench82.3%—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 32.5 (#213), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Math14501135
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)24.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.7%—
Omni-MATH41.6%—
LiveBench Math90.2%—
MATH Level 595.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)14.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 56.0 (#46), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Expert14521096
GPQA Diamond85.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam21.6%—
MMLU-Pro86.3%—
Confabulations10.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
GPQA (HELM)74.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 45.2 (#18), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Vision1263—
GeoBench86%—
VPCT48%—
LMArena Document1421—
SpatialViz-Bench44.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.3 (#31), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Non-English14511121
LMArena Chinese15071132
LMArena French14721157
LMArena German14871114
LMArena Japanese14611083
LMArena Korean14341055
LMArena Russian14611118
LMArena Spanish14731140

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 75.0 (#75), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following14371118
LiveBench Instruction Following80.6%—
IFEval84%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 59.8 (#5), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query14491130
Fiction.LiveBench91.7%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 63.7 (#62), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Text14581156
LMArena Creative Writing14541147
LMArena Multi-Turn14531118
Short-Story Creative Writing83.8%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1421—
WildBench85.7%—
LiveBench Language67.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Gemma 2 2b IT?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemma 2 2b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Pro has 78 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.

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