Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Phi-4

Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Phi-4 Microsoft

31.2

Rank #279 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Phi-4 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Phi-4 leads 40.5 to 25.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Phi-4 specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index29.331.2
Released—2024-12-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.07
Output $ / M tokens—$0.14
Results tracked1637

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Category by category

Coding Phi-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Phi-4: 34.4 (#239)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Coding10341231
BigCodeBench Instruct—45.5%
LiveBench Coding—30.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—55.4%
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Phi-4: 22.8 (#128)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.8%
BALROG—11.6%

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Phi-4: 17.7 (#291)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Hard Prompts10051220
Chess Puzzles—1%
LiveBench Reasoning—47.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—45.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—130.42
LiveBench—41.6%

Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Phi-4: 20.8 (#285)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Math10471246
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—13.8%
LiveBench Math—42%
MATH Level 5—64.9%

Knowledge Phi-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Phi-4: 32.6 (#209)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Expert9701203
GPQA Diamond—56.1%
Confabulations—29.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.7%
MMLU—84.8%

Multilingual Phi-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Phi-4: 37.2 (#237)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Non-English9881197
LMArena Chinese10121212
LMArena German9441222
LMArena Korean8991151
LMArena Russian9901209
LMArena French—1224
LMArena Japanese—1158
LMArena Spanish—1234

Instruction Following Phi-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Phi-4: 60.4 (#251)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Instruction Following9921201
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.4%

Long Context Phi-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Phi-4: 36.9 (#226)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Longer Query10031217

Writing & Preference Phi-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Phi-4: 40.5 (#244)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITPhi-4
LMArena Text10221217
LMArena Creative Writing9981182
LMArena Multi-Turn9591206
Short-Story Creative Writing—62.6%
LiveBench Language—25.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Phi-4?

Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Phi-4 better for coding?

Phi-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Phi-4 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.

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