Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Mixtral 8x22B

Gemma 1.1 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.8 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

26.7

Rank #330 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 3 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mixtral 8x22B leads 37.1 to 25.3.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mixtral 8x22B specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index28.826.7
Released—2024-04-17
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—64K
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1634

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.8 (#324)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Coding10341166
HumanEval+17.7%72%
MBPP+23.3%64.3%
WeirdML—3.2%
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 22.8 (#119)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
Cybench—7.5%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.1 (#246)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts10051150
DTBench—55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122
ForecastBench—56.3

Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Mixtral 8x22B: 21.2 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math10471184
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%

Knowledge Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Expert9701113
GPQA Diamond—34.1%
MMLU-Pro—46%
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multilingual Mixtral 8x22B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.9 (#250)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English9881128
LMArena Chinese10111116
LMArena German9441141
LMArena Korean8991056
LMArena Russian9901158
LMArena French—1165
LMArena Japanese—1037
LMArena Spanish—1150

Instruction Following Mixtral 8x22B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.9 (#261)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following9921147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context Mixtral 8x22B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.6 (#242)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query10031144

Writing & Preference Mixtral 8x22B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Mixtral 8x22B: 37.1 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text10221162
LMArena Creative Writing9981141
LMArena Multi-Turn9581130
WildBench—71.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemma 1.1 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.8 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.6 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mixtral 8x22B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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