Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Mercury 2
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Mercury 2 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury 2 leads 53.8 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 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 50K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Mercury 2: 33.5 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 1391 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1171 |
| SciCode | — | 38.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 785.58 |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Mercury 2: 23.8 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1362 |
| CritPt | — | 0.8% |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Mercury 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | — |
Knowledge Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Mercury 2: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | 1358 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.3% |
Multilingual Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Mercury 2: 46.6 (#157)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 1331 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | 1417 |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | 1304 |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
Instruction Following Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Mercury 2: 70.2 (#165)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 1329 |
Long Context Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Mercury 2: 40.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 1330 |
Writing & Preference Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Mercury 2: 53.8 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1355 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 1289 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 1358 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Mercury 2 better for coding?
Mercury 2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mercury 2 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2 has 17.