Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Gemma 2 9B

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.7

Rank #334 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 29.5 to 9.3.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Gemma 2 9B specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index30.725.7
Released—2024-06-24
WeightsOpenOpen
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Category by category

Coding Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Coding10841174
BigCodeBench Instruct—34.7%
LiveBench Coding—22.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Hard Prompts10711172
LiveBench Reasoning—15.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis—36.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—119.78
LiveBench—28.7%
PIQA—83.7%

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Math11071183
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—0.6%
LiveBench Math—19.8%
MATH Level 5—21%
GSM8K—84.9%

Knowledge Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Expert10391147
GPQA Diamond—27.5%
BoolQ—85.7%
MMLU—72.1%

Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Non-English10521188
LMArena Chinese10601185
LMArena French10641189
LMArena German10541186
LMArena Japanese9711144
LMArena Korean9881137
LMArena Russian10461200
LMArena Spanish10491200

Instruction Following Gemma 2 9B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Instruction Following10571178
LiveBench Instruction Following—52.6%

Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Longer Query10561197

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 9B leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGemma 2 9B
LMArena Text10941207
LMArena Creative Writing10591206
LMArena Multi-Turn10401193
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—841
LiveBench Language—25.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Gemma 2 9B?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.0 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Gemma 2 9B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.

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