Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Palm 2
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Palm 2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 30.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Palm 2 in 5 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads 24.6 to 20.9.
- Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 30.0 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 994 |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1005 |
Math Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | 1049 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | 887 |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | — |
Instruction Following Palm 2 leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 1010 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 994 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Palm 2?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Palm 2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 30.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Palm 2 better for coding?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.1 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.