Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Llama 2-13B

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.1

Rank #304 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 7 categories and Llama 2-13B in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 19.6 to 12.3.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Llama 2-13B specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index30.729.1
Released—2023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1932

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Coding10841062
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Hard Prompts10711051
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench—42.2%
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—105.8
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Math11071065
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Expert10391030
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English10521024
LMArena Chinese10601001
LMArena French10641043
LMArena German10541009
LMArena Japanese971894
LMArena Korean988953
LMArena Russian10461055
LMArena Spanish10491086

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following10571046

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query10561064

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Text10941085
LMArena Creative Writing10591047
LMArena Multi-Turn10401050

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Llama 2-13B?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.0 vs 30.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Llama 2-13B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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