Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs StarCoder 2 7B

Gemma 1.1 2b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#313); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

StarCoder 2 7B NVIDIA

37.0

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 7B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 7B leads 34.8 to 30.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and StarCoder 2 7B specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index29.337.0
Released—2024-02-20
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked167

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Category by category

Coding StarCoder 2 7B leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
HumanEval+17.7%29.9%
LMArena Coding1034—
BigCodeBench Complete—27.7%
MBPP+23.3%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Hard Prompts1005—
Epoch Capabilities Index—93.56
WinoGrande—57.1%

Math Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Math1047—
GSM8K—32.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Expert970—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—38.7%
MMLU—38.8%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Non-English988—
LMArena Chinese1012—
LMArena German944—
LMArena Korean899—
LMArena Russian990—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Instruction Following992—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Longer Query1003—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Text1022—
LMArena Creative Writing998—
LMArena Multi-Turn959—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Gemma 1.1 2b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#313); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.8 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and StarCoder 2 7B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.

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