Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Gemma 7B

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Gemma 7B Google

30.0

Rank #299 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 36.5 to 27.1.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Gemma 7B specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index33.130.0
Released—2024-02-21
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1727

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Coding11121048
HumanEval+—28.7%
MBPP+—43.4%

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Hard Prompts11131042
Adversarial NLI—48.7%
BIG-Bench Hard—55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—111.99
HellaSwag—82.2%
PIQA—81.2%
WinoGrande—79%

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Math11351066
GSM8K—46.4%

Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Expert10961001
ARC (AI2) Challenge—78.3%
BoolQ—83.2%
MMLU—66.1%
OpenBookQA—78.6%
TriviaQA—72.3%

Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Non-English1121999
LMArena Chinese11321035
LMArena French11571025
LMArena Russian1118993
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Instruction Following11181017

Long Context Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Longer Query11301022

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGemma 7B
LMArena Text11561056
LMArena Creative Writing11471024
LMArena Multi-Turn1118963

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

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

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 7B has 27.

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