Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Mercury
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 1 category and Mercury in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury leads 46.2 to 25.1.
- Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Mercury: 38.7 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 1322 |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Mercury: 17.5 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1285 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 21.6% |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | — |
Multilingual Mercury leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Mercury: 41.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 1260 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | — |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | — |
Instruction Following Mercury leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Mercury: 65.2 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 1239 |
Long Context Mercury leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Mercury: 38.4 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Mercury leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Mercury: 46.2 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 1191 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 1282 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Mercury?
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Mercury better for coding?
Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mercury share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mercury has 9.