Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs StarCoder 2 3B
Gemma 1.1 2b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#313); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 3B leads 33.5 to 30.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 36.3 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding StarCoder 2 3B leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | 27.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.76 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | — |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than StarCoder 2 3B?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#313); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?
StarCoder 2 3B 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 StarCoder 2 3B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.